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23
Jun
Monday Myth: Progress Requires Complexity

Monday Myth: Progress Requires Complexity

The breakthrough is not always the technology itself. More often, it is the decision to remove unnecessary complexity so that everything else can scale.
5 min read
20
Jun
Friday Fun: A Visit to the Ministry of Organisational Progress

Friday Fun: A Visit to the Ministry of Organisational Progress

Recently, I was granted access to one such institution: The Ministry of Organisational Progress.The plaque above the entrance stated that its mission was to accelerate delivery. What follows are my observations.
5 min read
18
Jun
Wednesday Reality: Success Creates Its Own Barbarians

Wednesday Reality: Success Creates Its Own Barbarians

Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of successful systems is that they gradually disappear from view. Infrastructure that once inspired awe eventually becomes background scenery, noticed only when it fails.
10 min read
16
Jun
Monday Myth: Better Tools Create Better Organisations

Monday Myth: Better Tools Create Better Organisations

We repeatedly confuse tools with capabilities. Technology can amplify an organisation. It cannot fundamentally transform one. Better tools do not create better organisations. They reveal what already exists.
10 min read
11
Jun
The Museum Company

The Museum Company

Yesterday's solutions gradually become today's constraints.
7 min read
10
Jun
Wednesday Lessons: Excellence Begins Where Imitation Ends

Wednesday Lessons: Excellence Begins Where Imitation Ends

The Seduction of Best Practices Most organisations spend a surprising amount of time studying successful companies. They benchmark competitors, attend
5 min read
04
Jun
Thursday Reality: Excellence Requires a Relationship with Time

Thursday Reality: Excellence Requires a Relationship with Time

The more we speak about transformation, the less capable many organisations appear of preserving excellence.
5 min read
03
Jun
Wednesday Reality: Nobody Knows What They Are Doing

Wednesday Reality: Nobody Knows What They Are Doing

The knowledge required for success frequently did not exist at the beginning of the journey. It emerged through the journey itself.
4 min read
02
Jun
The 10-Minute Meeting

The 10-Minute Meeting

"When a company removes you without evidence, it may be delivering a verdict on itself rather than on you."
9 min read
01
Jun
Monday Myth: This Time Technology Will Replace People

Monday Myth: This Time Technology Will Replace People

Every generation believes it has finally found the machine that will make people obsolete. The technology changes. The story rarely does.
6 min read