Archive for July, 2010
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How much does it cost to create a single job in the UK?
03 Jul 2010Just how much does it cost to create one job in the UK? We should have these figures at our finger-tips. So far, I've only heard silence on this number. So, I've put together a rule-of-thumb from some American fingers. See what you think.
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Talking cuts? Don’t. Talk service.
02 Jul 2010Negotiating work loads in service teams can be bruising. But whatever you do, there is one mistake you must avoid. Don't conflate talk about the service with talk about the budget. Cut the buts and ifs at the outset. Talk about the ideal service. If it turns out to be economically unfeasible, think again. Lead with substance not budget!
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What are management consultants for?
02 Jul 2010Management consulting is a an odd profession. It is not like being a commercial lawyer or a tax consultant. We are often covering up for a poor organizational structure. Not necessarily. But often.
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What happens when we make savage cuts to an organization?
02 Jul 2010Will cuts in the public service lead to creativity and innovation? They might. They could. But will they? Unless the leadership takes special care, it is much more likely the cuts will lead to the isolation of the leadership. But this is real life not a text book. What happens is a story that we write with each other. With luck, the leadership understand all this already.
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If we don’t find productive enterprises soon, we might find we have another bubble
02 Jul 2010I am just a lowly work psychologist but I've been questioning economists for sometime about the industries which are flourishing and will be the power houses of the future. Now financial economists are asking too, because the very people who should be moving money accumulated in old businesses to invest in new businesses are not moving the money as they should. They are putting the money into salaries, in part and sitting on the rest. We intuitively know this is wrong. This is a (highly) simplified account of what should happen, what is happening and what will happen next.
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What other people have learned about the cuts business
02 Jul 2010We are at the stage of chattering about cuts. Oops, being consulted about cuts. I don't think anyone in UK really wants to know how other people have coped with cuts. But the general discussion reminds me of what I learned elsewhere. For what it is worth, the first in a four part series.
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If I am going to waste time, I may as well do it in whole sentences.
02 Jul 2010This week, I started doodling again - with my left hand. I haven't done that in years. It seems that I doodle because part of my brain is bored. And I've only just figured that out.
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Crowd-sourcing develops wisdom. It doesn’t find answers
01 Jul 2010Courtesy of the coalition government, crowd-sourcing is "in" today. But how do we manage it? What will we get out of it? For once, social psychology has a lot to contribute. I've tried to make it simple.
