Left hand, right hand – The catch 22 of people development and performanceI sometimes think that organisations are lost in a bit of a death spiral. On one hand there seems to be a reluctance to invest in the people that work in the business....
It’s obvious, isn’t it? – Why we miss opportunities for operational efficiencyI heard a story recently which amused and concerned me in equal measure. It relates to a new recruit in a London factory during the 1970’s. The recruit, let’s call them Pete started on...
Why better lateral thinking skills can lead to increased profits Arthur Arnot observed that miners in Australia could not simply rely on pickaxes and brawn to harvest coal. It was back breaking work and hardly efficient. By 1889 industrialisation had influenced so much in the ways...
Look at most international comparisons and the UK has a bit of a productivity problem. (1) In-fact, if UK firms could match their performance on management to those in the US, the productivity of the UK workforce would jump by 12% (2). Sobering enough.We know...
In the summer of 1990, I found myself well ‘tall’. I had grown to a height of 6 ft 4 inches (1.93 meters in new money). Returning to school, I stood out amongst all my friends, and regularly heard ‘what’s the weather like up there?’...