Goal orientation is over-rated if not downright dangerous. I can’t live without my dreams ~ more to the point, they can’t live without me! They break back in to an overly busy routine 🙂
Tag: goals
Save time (and cut costs) by spending as much time as you need with each person
It is counter-intuitive, I know, but taking the problems of each person seriously, for what they are, saves time. The arithmetic doesn’t suggest it, but Year 6 arithmetic is the wrong analytical tool.
It is also lousy psychology and lousy management theory.
Time for some evidence-based management in UK
Time to subject the target and box-ticking culture of UK to some evidence-based trials? Psychologists would say so.
Tell us a good story . . .but not an anecdote
Narratives are better than goals I was talking today with @dominiccampbell and he helped me resolve another question that has… Read more Tell us a good story . . .but not an anecdote
Noobes shouldn’t be on the front line until they can do it with ‘no hands’
The dreaded western customer service job Yesterday, I had to sit around offices a bit and I watched two people… Read more Noobes shouldn’t be on the front line until they can do it with ‘no hands’
Have three things to do. No more. It’s hard.
Three goals, only At any one time in my life I have three goals. Only. For example, when I ran… Read more Have three things to do. No more. It’s hard.
The greatest leaders spark curiosity about the system
Our goal had gone walkabout On my travels, I found myself teaching systems thinking in a university which broke a… Read more The greatest leaders spark curiosity about the system
Don’t achieve your goals! Enjoy them. They’ll be gone far too soon!
I Want Rhythm Not A To Do List When I was young, I loved To Do lists. What a buzz!… Read more Don’t achieve your goals! Enjoy them. They’ll be gone far too soon!
Shift gears before Christmas with Inpowr
New beginnings and getting going I’m shifting gear a little with projects. Some tasks are moving to the perfunctory box… Read more Shift gears before Christmas with Inpowr
Want efficiency? Make the space and time for people to be efficient.
Chain-of-command Imagine 6 000 students gathering in a hall and becoming a little rowdy. The police arrive. The local Chief… Read more Want efficiency? Make the space and time for people to be efficient.