In all the colour supplements, there are many theme-based holidays. We can visit monuments and learn about ancient Greece, the Incas, etc etc. The holiday companies seem to assume that when we visit a country or town, we want to… Read More ›
Consulting is a great business. It’s fun, it’s profitable, and it helps people. Evidently, many people agree with me, because they set up small consulting companies. I’ve worked for a good many of them over the years, either as an… Read More ›
It took me 4 hours to book a taxi this morning. Really? Yes. The company concerned is a well-known private hire company in London, not some small start-up. I was using their website to book a taxi for tomorrow. It… Read More ›
I am getting older. I’ve started to realise why older people might resist change. It’s not because older folk are arrogant, or think they know better, or because they are lazy or set in their ways. This is what I… Read More ›
Here’s a graph of what happens when you heat ice. At first it’s all fine. You heat it up, and the temperature rises, as shown on the graph, A to B. Then it goes through a phase change. You keep on… Read More ›
“If I’ve told him once, I’ve told him a thousand times: do NOT leave your damp sports kit on top of the washing machine!” This happens in business. We seem constantly to be re-issuing and re-inforcing the same set of… Read More ›
I have recently taken up knitting. It’s a natural extension of my interest in knots. There’s more to knitting than you might think. Here’s what I’ve found. Knitting is mathematical It’s not just arithmetic. There’s algebra. Here’s a problem for a… Read More ›
In business, we expend a lot of energy answering questions. Much of the time, this energy is wasted. The person who asks the question is not necessarily interested in the answer. Often, they simply want to know is that there… Read More ›
When people talk about change, the next thing they talk about is resistance to change. They use words like “roadblock”, and classify people as “blockers”. They analyse resistance on stakeholder maps, and work out strategies for “overcoming resistance”. None of… Read More ›
If you have an important business meeting coming up, how are you preparing? The chances are that you are preparing a presentation. However, alongside the presentation, if we are to make progress, there must be conversation. How are you preparing… Read More ›
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