#0508 Haste
“Festina Lente” is a fabulous Italian saying meaning to “Make haste, slowly”. Meaning to set tiny, short-term goals. Don’t try and accomplish everything all at once. An ethos I seem to naturally adhere to. Completing…
Category: Process
#0507 Yeahbuts
How many ‘yeahbuts’ do you have in yours? Whenever I get invited in to help organisations streamline their communication I generally find a combination of two extremes. In some areas they neglect to communicate at…
#0504 Last Minute Urgent
Your to-do list looks different to mine. My order of priority is unlikely to be yours. Clients will have their own. Just because it is urgent for you, does not make it so for others….
#0500 Five Hundred
Halfway there. Seth Godin once wrote that you have to get past the first thousand blogs to get the to the good stuff. It felt impossible at the start but here I am at 500…
#0498 Dear Diary
Weirdly I love Mondays. The house goes quiet again after the bustle of the weekend and routine kicks back in. I am habitual by nature and a schedule gives me a sense of comfort. When…
#0491 Show Up
I have a red chair in the corner of my office, it serves two primary purposes. It is my thinking chair, a place to contemplate the big ideas, the strategy, the future. My writing place,…
#0481 Frustrating at First
You must let them do it, even if it is terrible in the beginning. There are three distinct phases I have gone though as I have taught my kids how to drive. The first two…
#0473 Growing Pains
It is easy to ignore this when you are busy growing a business but at some point it comes back to bite. When reviewing systems and processes I look for the desired outcome first, then…
#0471 For Meetings Sake
It is excruciating and mostly a waste of time except for the part I came for. My daughters have been dancing for most of their lives and for more times than I can count I…
#0469 Blaming the Tools
In the late 90’s a friend of mine was in his mid-thirties at the time and had worked in retail all his life. As it tends to do, he was feeling middle-aged spread starting to…
#0467 Pace Yourself
“You are freaking me out!” I like to get things done fast. From idea to execution often begins on the same day. The rate of change and adaptation can be significant. As a change agent…
#0465 First Dates
When you go out on a first date there will rarely be a moments silence. The chatter is constant and often kept relatively light as you check each other out. As a relationship develops, there…
#0460 Turn Off Autopilot
Autopilot is another way to describe habits. Getting up at a certain time, putting your shoes on a certain way, driving the same route to work. We form these through our lives as a way…
#0457 Simplicity Takes Effort
The thing I love to do as part of my work more than anything else is to simplify complexity. If I can reduce the clutter for myself it allows me to better communicate it to…
#0453 Take a Moment
Three sheets is all he needed. A long time ago worked with a Project Manager Joe, who blew me away with his foresight. When everyone else turned up to project meetings with thick folders jammed…
#0450 Resilience and Perseverance
How hard can it be? After all, millions of people every year start a business, attempt to get fit, pick up an instrument for the first time… and millions fail. Yet millions have also succeeded….
#0448 Micro Actions
“If it wasn’t for the last minute, nothing would get done” Are you one of those people? There is probably not a person on the planet who has not left a task until the very…
#0444 Time Flies
What exactly are you busy doing? Can you reflect back on the week and detail with any confidence what you achieved? Not just emails, meetings and presentations but proper detail. Unlikely in my experience. Pretty…
#0442 Chew Like Crazy
Communication is impossible to get right. You have individuals with similar but different needs sitting in different roles with different personality profiles to contend with. Not to mention the timing and delivery of said communication…
#0439 Maintenance
A neighbour asked me why I rake my lawn when there will be leaves on it again tomorrow. You could say the same for cleaning your house or brushing your teeth but that would not…