We Ask for More of What We Already Have Ask anyone what they need, and listen to the answer. Most people will ask for more of what they already have. A bigger house. A better relationship. More safety. More comfort. More luxury. It sounds reasonable. It sounds...
We Pay for Time, Then Wonder Why Things Take So Long Look at how most working arrangements are set up, and what each one actually asks of the people inside it. The employee sells time. They show their value by ticking off milestones, turning up happily, staying...
Complex Problems Don't Need Complex Solutions Complex problems don't have complex solutions. Solutions are simple. Or rather, they must be simple to be effective. That runs against instinct. When a problem is large, tangled and has been around for years, we assume the...
Every Strength Has a Fine Line There are fine lines between being kind and being soft. Between being courageous and being aggressive. Between being proactive and being restless. Each pair sits on the same spectrum. The first is a strength. The second is the same...
The Most Expensive Moment in an ERP Program Is the One Where Nobody Speaks Most ERP programs don't fail suddenly. They drift. And the drift almost always starts in the same place: a meeting where someone noticed something and decided not to say it. The silence that...
The Signs of Success Are Not for You Success rarely arrives in one big moment. It shows up in little signs. Nobody hands you a certificate saying you have made it. Instead, the world around you starts to behave differently. Slowly at first, then more noticeably. And...
People Don't Resist Change Directly Very few people stand up in a meeting and say, "I do not want this to change." Resistance to change rarely looks like that. Most people don't resist change directly. They find reasons not to move forward. They talk about their...
We Complicate Things by Default Look at what we eat. Simple food is usually better food. A plate of vegetables, grains, lentils or a piece of fish cooked plainly will do more for you than something that has passed through a factory, picked up a list of ingredients you...