We want people to be consistent. It makes it easier. We know where we stand. Or do we? Where we stand might be an illusion, if the other person isn’t being real. Being genuinely consistent requires …
How do you finish the unfinishable?
Depending on our background, certain kinds of tasks are easier to tackle than others because different types of work require different mindsets... Smaller, more discrete tasks can be worked on until …
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What do you gather round to build the team?
Engineers discussing a drawing always seem to get along well. It's a great way to strengthen relationships in the team, whether within or between organisations, and often a good activity to suggest to …
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Change in here comes before change out there
We won’t achieve change in an organisation or in the world at large until we put our own house in order, whatever that may exactly entail. Our personal change work may well have a different form from …
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Role insecurity: Are you affected?
Most of us suffer from this at times, either on our own account, or indirectly when other people catch the affliction... We find ourselves justifying our involvement in a meeting or project, or making …
A strange combination of short-termism and inertia
I hadn't thought of it quite like this before... We're used to the idea that bigger organisations tend to have more inertia than smaller ones. All other things being equal, it's harder to turn a …
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