Organisational friction
is caused by things in your working day that you live with or work around but that sap your time, energy or attention and make… Read More »Organisational friction
Processes (ways to get stuff Done)
The Big Push vs Regular Time
Two approaches to getting work done: The Big Push The Big Push works well for defined tasks with clear deadlines. Block out some time, gather… Read More »The Big Push vs Regular Time
Learning
Here’s a theory of learning: A person**… meets something new… has some kind of interaction with it… and is changed in some way. I think… Read More »Learning
A downhill slope (find others)
If you’re in a book group, social pressure is going to get you to read that book. The act of joining the book group is… Read More »A downhill slope (find others)
When to decide
Decide before it happens. Ahead of time, when it’s easy to decide, when you can plan a strategy – set up a game – that will… Read More »When to decide
Crocapocalypse
Due to an unforeseen but crocastrophic mistake (or an unhelpful linking of two different wordpress sites in my browser – not sure which), I accidentally… Read More »Crocapocalypse
Narrow channels and deep
This post was lost in the Crocapocalypse – I’m reposting it with its original date. We were at the beach today, trying to catch waves in a… Read More »Narrow channels and deep
What it takes: a body of work
What does it take to develop as a writer, artist, filmmaker, activist, programmer, blogger, teacher, chef, athlete, landscape gardener, leader and manager, academic? Whatever else… Read More »What it takes: a body of work
Better than perfect
Is done. Or to say it differently, done is better than perfect. I don’t know who said this first, but I heard it from Jenny… Read More »Better than perfect
Bootstrapping the non-profit organisation – Playlist
This is the final post in a series applying Seth Godin’s rules of bootstrapping (see also here) to building a non-profit organisation. It’d be tempting to say ‘it’s finished’, but… Read More »Bootstrapping the non-profit organisation – Playlist