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if you must have rules and regulations at least make them workable
Society does need to have some rules in order to function, but at what point does regulation cease to be effective? The problem with regulation is that it needs to be enforced otherwise it is pointless and so one aspect of creating rules has to be the practicality of implementing them. Read more…
being responsible for your own actions
I have just been sitting in the waiting room at my doctor’s surgery and I passed the watching the information being presented on the TV screen there. One of these was on house fires and was advising me to get out in the event of a fire being discovered with a strap line something like; “Your life is more precious that possessions or pets”. Read more…
You miss 100% of the shots that you don’t take – Michael Jordan
Niki Lauda recalled this quote at Silverstone on Saturday afer Lewis Hamilton had aborted his qualifying lap in Final qualifying at the British Grand Prix thinking that conditions had worsened and that he had pole position in the bag from his previous effort only to find that five others were able to beat his time. Read more…
how to handle a wayward genius
They say that genius and madness go hand are close and perhaps events at soccer’s World Cup illustrate this point, but how do you cope in business with someone who is extremely talented, who delivers great things and yet is capable of acts of equally extreme folly? Read more…
time is too precious to waste
Sustainability has been a big issue for a while now but when you try and discuss it rationally you often find that, like many things there are not just polarised views, there are many extremes. Read more…
make a choice and get off the fence; it isn’t that comfortable up there
One of my regular topics here, but rightly so for being able to make a decision, even a poor one, is beyond so many people and seems to be a greater problem when collective thinking is involved as in the case of an organisation’s management. Read more…
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit”
These words are attributed to Harry S Truman, the 33rd President of the United States of America and there is an obvious logic to them. Read more…
to plan or not to plan
“We need a plan” is a fairly obvious statement before you start any endeavour and with a decent plan in place there is little excuse for not succeeding; “I love it when a plan comes together” I think Hannibal Smith used to say in each A Team episode, but what about when a plan goes off the rails, or if you don’t have a plan? Read more…
instant communication does not imply good communication
Communication has been on my mind this week and I have been reflecting on the way that it has changed so much in the last twenty years or so. The vehicle for that change has been technology and it has affected verbal and written communication by giving us an opportunity to interact in different ways, the most striking of which, perhaps, is in the immediacy with which we can reach others. Read more…
leadership is also about creating the right space
Since I got back from my recent intercontinental travels I have been writing a lot about how things used to be for certain aspects of the places I have been to are in sharp contrast to the way things are here in the UK in 2014. Read more…
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