Category Archives: Crafting Strategy

When I grew up, AI stood for artificial insemination. Something to do with cows. No more. Now Artificial Intelligence is slowly moving across a continuum from assistive to augmented towards autonomous. So, please enjoy the fact that this blog has been … Continue reading →

There’s a pet hate D.I.Y. job in everyone’s life. Mine is painting. Usually I end up with more paint on the floor and myself than on the walls. I know that the secret to good painting is preparation. Sanding down. … Continue reading →

99% of the time, I tend to see the glass as three-quarters-full. But, now and again, a trickle of cynicism breaks through the positive veneer. That kernel of cynicism was on high alert during a recent assignment… Strategic Planning: I’d … Continue reading →

The concept of Organization Learning has been around since God was a boy. In the 1960’s, Chrys Argryis wrote about single and double loop learning. Single loop learning is where an organization experiences a problem, diagnoses this and finds a … Continue reading →

I have given up asking people “are you busy” because the response is an automatic yes. Now, I just take it for granted that everyone is busy or feels that they are busy. That’s grand. But the deeper and more … Continue reading →

It all happened a couple of years ago and the memory lingers on. Not in a good way. Toronto Job: I was interviewing for a job in Toronto, HR manager for Canada in a pharmaceutical company. All the questions were anticipated … Continue reading →

Despite the fall of the Celtic Tiger, some executive teams have not yet faced into the reality of change management and remain vulnerable to virulent low cost competition from Bangalore to Bogotá. Ga Ga land can be an interesting place … Continue reading →

It was a particularly bumpy flight. I was trying to get to the Algarve to boost my Vitamin D, having lived on a steady diet of rain for months. Over the Bay of Biscay, we were bouncing around the sky … Continue reading →

I needed to get to Doncaster in Yorkshire and bring over some stuff. So, flying was out. The car ferry to Hollyhead beckoned. Into Dublin port. Two hours on the Swift Catamaran followed by a 4-hour drive. Simple. Rough Night: … Continue reading →