How we spend our minutes can turn into habits. But perhaps we need more ‘unproductive’ time so we can create the change we seek.
From the Blog on culture
Chickens & Change
We’ve added chickens to our little smallholding. It was a ‘grab the opportunity’ type of decision. Change sometimes happens like this.
Look for causes, not villians
When things go wrong, we often look for people to blame. We look for a villian, a scapegoat. Perhaps we should look for causes, not villians.
100% is easier than 98%
As Clayton Christensen, ‘It’s easier to hold your principles 100 percent of the time than it is to hold them 98 percent of the time.’
Start a Streak
Today start a streak, an encouragement streak – start each day with a note of encouragement. Change the culture one day at a time
In Praise of the Mundane
It is easy to think change, innovation, and invention are exciting. However, they often have more mundane parts than exciting ones.
Oh the Metrics we track
In most large businesses, the team working on innovation and new products do not have the same profit targets as the mainstream business units.
Not Ready
‘I read that book in university and told you to read it back then!’ Often a person is ‘not ready’ to hear the ideas you are presenting.
Trousers
It just slipped out. I hadn’t meant to be funny or profound. We are all human. We all put our trousers on one leg at a time.