The construction division at one of my clients used a health and safety database. It enabled them to track health and safety incidents, gain visibility across the division of all incidents, do reporting on what was happening and with what frequency, and more. But I was told the […]
I have argued that we see the world through what we understand, informed by our experiences, and enlightened by what we have studied. Thus when looking at how to re-imagine a work process or activity – or a relationship, business model, life, or even a room layout for […]
There is a lot of thinking and repeatable process in re-imagining effective work. Learning how to examine a current process to understand its intent, its current form, and the actors involved. Being able to introduce new information to overcome information saturation. Pulling out your binoculars and seeing the […]
Fortune Magazine interviewed Dennis Lynch in early 2014 about his investment philosophy at Morgan Stanley. Key ideas: Take a long-term view in a world that thinks short-term. Markets with high growth rates offer good investment possibilities. Remember the fundamentals (long-term vision) and don’t get caught off guard by […]
Envisioning a new approach has two inputs: your understanding of the current reality of the work process or activity, and your newly developed understanding of what’s possible. Developing an understanding of both inputs with some degree of separation enables greater clarity of understanding due to single-tasking: you only […]
With futurists the world is awash. Who proclaim the new and to the past say tosh. The future of work is so very posh. What you’re doing today is only bosh. The world is awash with futurists. Those who claim to see the future. As in the future […]
From Nicholas Bate in April 2014 on seeing things differently: 1. With the lights low. 2. Early, at dawn. 3. Through dark glasses. 4. Wearing a brown paper bag and just listening. 5. Through the tube of a rolled-up newspaper. 6. Late, at dusk. 7. Through binoculars. 8. […]
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. [Arthur Schopenhauer] People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. [Puck Magazine, 1903] The first version of anything is […]
Both a magnifying glass and binoculars enhance vision, with one providing the micro and the other the macro in details not available to the naked eye. Scientists in different fields embrace one or the other, developing the ability to use their selected tool to see with incredible detail […]
What could you learn from an operations manager at Schipol Airport, or an analyst at HSBC, or the man who schedules the trains for Network Rail or the process guy at the Department for Education? I bet their problems are not that different from yours, but they will […]
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