Posted by Philip Smith
on 11 May 2020
Do not allow this to be a wasted opportunity.
Part 1 - Mild
During this period of downtime for some and frantic work for others, what are the chances that we will learn something useful from this virus "experience" we are living with now.
For those not working, did you read anything of interest, did you maybe buy a book, did you maybe spend a bit of time to think or research any subject of interest?
Sadly I hope in vain, as all the above is often a bridge...
Posted by Philip Smith
on 6 April 2020
Solutions are available, courage is often not.
What do you have in your organisation?
There has always been a great deal said about leadership and we live in a time now, where good leadership will make a difference to the final outcome, when we have "tamed" this virus.
I do not believe that "Good" leadership can be taught, despite the vast amounts of money spent on this pointless endeavour, but accept that I might be a lone voice in the w...
Posted by Philip Smith
on 4 March 2020
The norm is to have two bookends, one on either side of the books.
Our task in running a successful enterprise is to ensure that everything between these bookends works as well as humanly possible. When however we screw up, it is normal to have some process in place to deal with this, providing another set of "bookends".
Peter Drucker describes the first bookend as the point of interaction between a potential customer and your enterprise. The second bookend i...
Posted by Philip Smith
on 10 February 2020
Words matter
Definition of Lexicon :
a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : DICTIONARY
Dan Ariely Thanks - http://danariely.com/
The words we use, how we use them and how they are understood by others, can and do, frequently make the difference between success and failure.
We live in a world of maximum communications where many people appear to be glued to one devise or another, yet all this co...
Posted by Philip Smith
on 10 January 2020
So what will change ?
This time of year creates a loss in production when many people are working hard at their new years resolutions.
Might I be as bold as to suggest a different approach?
Instead of a list of new resolutions, figure out what the most important lesson is you learnt last year, then try to apply that learning to your activities this year.
Good luck
