Wednesday Wisdom

4 May 2020How to spend your SundayWhen decision fatigue hits, it’s time to get smart about how we use our mental energy. 15 April 2020Stop chasing cows: create systems changeWhen everything around us changes, it’s time to adapt the way we work. How do we make systems change easy? 9 April 2020Beyond crisis leadership: when the cracks start to showCrisis is a bit exciting, isn’t it? After the adrenaline wears off, there’s an awkward transition between response and recovery. 2 April 2020Less content, more connectionThere’s a lot happening online right now. This increase in connection is unprecedented, and incredible. I don’t know about you, but it seems to depend what mood I’m in when I scroll, how it lands. Some posts really hit the spot. Others feel hollow, or add to my overwhelm. 5 March 2020Systems and mindsetsDo what you’ve always done, and you’ll get what you’ve always got. Think about changing your systems and mindset. 6 February 2020When in doubt, zoom outPerspective is a funny old thing - the things that are huge when they're right in front of us seem to get smaller when they're further away... 19 December 2019You can’t work with what you can’t seeWhether it’s too many projects too many tasks or too many black t-shirts, you can't work with what you can't see. 5 December 2019Stop ripping off the community: a rantYour time is as limited as your money. You're not getting any more of either. 21 November 2019Snow melts from the edges: connect to themDo you spend enough time looking outside? Are you connected to the edge? 14 November 2019Agreement sucks: aim for productive disagreementAlignment is not agreement… it’s productive disagreement. Don't aim for agreement. 17 October 2019Take risks to make progressIs your team hiding in a shell? You need to take risks to make progress. 13 October 2019Newspaper headlinesThe lens of a childhood dream, obituary or a newspaper headline gives us the opportunity to question the meaning of things. 28 September 2019How running a marathon became resilience skills training17 lessons marathon running became resilience skills training. 27 September 2019Fear breeds complexity: simplify the public sectorThe Global Simplicity Index tells us that, in the private sector, simplicity pays. Government should take this lead. 19 September 2019Practice makes autopilotAnything worth learning has a steep effort curve at the beginning 5 September 2019Design and delivery are better togetherWhen we connect the big picture and the ground-floor, we can make better, faster progress. Connect design and delivery. 28 August 2019Take the handbrake off: systems changeEliminate points of friction for systems change, by looking at policy, process, people and budgets. 22 August 2019Leadership is like being a firefighterDo you take strategic risks? 15 August 2019Preparation beats predictionAre you suffering more in imagination than in reality? Or worse - not confronting reality at all? Does your team ‘get’ risk? Here's some handy advice. 9 August 2019True freedom is making your own rulesWhat rules do you need to set for yourself, to do more of what matters? True freedom is about making those rules and sticking to them.