Signposting
Please note that with effect from 1st September, all of our posts will be using LinkedIn as a platform. You can find the Profile here:...
'be what you wanna be but do what you gotta do'
1960's song lyric or key strategic challenge for commercial and charitable organisations alike. You decide! https://www.linkedin.com/post...
Don't settle for 'patch up & carry on'
What do all the following have in common? • Dave Grohl - Foo Fighters • The Edge - U2 • Tre Cool - Green Day • Bryan Adams • ...
Lots of 1% improvements add up
Check out our latest LinkedIn post about why Continuous Improvement must form part of every SME / Charity 'do more with less' toolkit....
Mistakes happen - wouldn't it be great if they didn't?
‘I’m only human … born to make mistakes’. So said The Human League back in the 80’s (our younger readers might need to Google that one)....
Don't rule out good stuff just because of the jargon
There are reasons why corporates invest so heavily in things like Systems Thinking, Lean Operations, Process Improvement and Service...
Consultants aren't always the answer
If your Charity is looking for extra resources - especially knowledge and experience, then try this: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iancr...
When self serve goes wrong
With the increasing prevalence of self serve across so many aspects of our lives, as organisations we need to think carefully about...
Strategy review complete ... what next?
You'll know from my 'Golden Thread' blog post that everything starts with understanding your organisation's purpose and its long term...
Think differently ... achieve more
Once you realise everything inside, outside and across your organisation is connected, your change initiatives, organisational reviews...
Oh come on, be practical
The thing is, I might be able to get the gist of something. I might even be able to find out enough to sound credible, but when...
And we're back!
The blog feed has been a bit quiet lately for the best of reasons. We've been engaged in a full strategic review of a UK nationwide...
Building your next normal? Don't forget what the pandemic taught us.
One of my least favourite sayings is 'we must learn lessons from this' ( a) because we could probably have predicted what went wrong in...
If you don't ask, you'll never know ..
In the last couple of weeks, I've been on any number of Zoom sessions where people are talking about the challenges of designing the new...
Helping self service work better
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Music to improve by
People have different ways of committing things to memory. Some prefer words, others pictures; some people see patterns and other like...
Is it a truth, myth or a bit of both?
I've heard so many short. snappy slogans during the pandemic it got me thinking. We are surrounded by so many soundbites in our business...
A bit better every day
Coming out of the pandemic represents a real opportunity to reflect and redefine what great looks like - to each of us individually, to...
How to make teamwork work
If people really are your greatest asset, how do you make sure they are in an environment that's designed to bring out their best? For...
Looking for some free resources?
With SMEs and Charities under severe income / cost pressure, wouldn't it be great to get your hands on some free resources ? Well, here's...