“Why Assholes Fool Themselves”
Dale1. You and your organisation are effective despite rather than because you are a demeaning jerk. You make the mistake of attributing success to the virtues of your nasty ways,…
So does the Corporate IT Policy get enforced?
It’s been my sad experience over the last 20+ years, that what’s in the IT Policy vs. what gets enforced, is a bit of guess work for most people. Here…
“Forget this: Treat other people the way they’d like to be treated.”
There’s some sage advice in this BusinessWeek article by Peter Bregman Because the world is more global and organizations are more diverse, the likelihood we will interact with people very…
Anonymous questions box
Sometimes an organisation asks for full and frank questions, but when they see questions, they don’t really want them asked. Such as it was with a re-organisation of a government…
Why Service Level Agreements trend towards BS.
Work with a big enough organisation and you’ll come across the Service Level Agreement (SLA). An SLA basically says, “we’ll provide you with x level of service, for y dollars. …
Performance Management, the one where we pay lip service to the concept.
At my last employer, there was a focus on “Performance Management”. I always felt, even as a team leader, that we paid lip service to the whole process. eg. we…
“The bigger you grow, the more stupider you become”
... so writes Scott Barnes over at The MossyBlog Times. The larger an organisation becomes, the more it’s Mass of Stupidity grows. Until it reaches critically. Sure, there are pockets…
Wrong guesses are COSTLY!
This is at least 20 years old, and is as valid now, as it was back then. Our training folks used to show it up on the overhead projector before…
The Bucket Of Water Thing.
The humble bucket of water is a simple way to gain work/life perspective. Fill up a bucket, with water. Put your hand in it. Move it all about if you…
Lessons from Scoble – why PodTech failed.
I used to think Robert Scoble SUCKED. I found his work at Microsoft Channel 9 sucked because it was all Microsoft-centric. Gee, what a surprise eh? Bloke works for Microsoft,…