leadership Archives - This Is Amos

Short Term Pain for Long Term Gain

by AmosD | May 23, 2023 | Strategy

Most of us and the organisations we work with struggle to embrace short term ‘pain’ or frustration for long term or future gain.

by AmosD | May 22, 2023 | Change

Confidence is partly an attitude thing, partly about personality and knowledge, but also partly a skill. Here are six things to try.

by AmosD | May 17, 2023 | Change

We need to perfect is the art of stating specific enough activities that satisfy budget holders, but generic enough to give team members wide berth.

by AmosD | May 16, 2023 | ICT4D

I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.’ Yahoo. Internet Explorer. Google. Ecosia. Safari. Firefox. Bing. were all supposed to solve this for us.

by AmosD | May 14, 2023 | Change

Someone needs to the one who goes first or experiences the new thing first. Then they need to tell others.

by AmosD | May 12, 2023 | Learning

Last night,one of the chickens escaped again. Learning from the previous experience, instead of spending hours looking from her, I waited.

by AmosD | May 11, 2023 | Change

Unfortunately, we see the policy as an end goal. Therefore, many humanitarian organisations are graveyards of wonderful policies, never implemented.

by AmosD | May 10, 2023 | Change

So much of my life at the moment is about trying things while knowing they might not work. So keep trying. I’m cheering you on.

by AmosD | May 9, 2023 | Change

There is a story about a farmer who would regularly complain about the weather – he decided to reframe his view.