I spend roughly 40% of my working life on the shopfloor. Another 40% in the classroom. And maybe 20% in meetings. That equates to 3 or 4...

Just finished an excellent training session on the importance of strategy. And the fact that it needs to be simple, direct and memorable....

We've all had them. That boss that drives you crazy. The sort that makes you clench every time they walk in the door. The sort of boss we...

The importance of humility in Leadership. In a recent Management Training session, we discussed the importance of an often-overlooked...

I've been re-reading the excellent work of Mr Kiyoshi Suzaki - Results from the heart. One point I like a lot (and this is a massive...

During a recent training session it occurred to me, literally whilst speaking, that the modern mind, especially here in the west, is very...

I would add another layer to that maxim: that neither should they be made any more complicated. Whilst many complicated issues are often...

I'm afraid I've got some bad news. It's mostly for the Lean manufacturing people out there, as well as some of the Change Management...

In working with organisations, any organisation, I have found this to be, by far, the most important point to drive home: that regardless...

This is an expansion of a Linkedin post i made in response to some feedback I received during a recent training session. Wherever I have...

If the words 'Who the hell is running this shit-show?' ever cross your mind, chances are you work in manufacturing. Or you live in modern...

This is not the sort of question arises from a feeling of superiority on my part, although I wouldn't put it past me. Rather, I genuinely...

I have heard the phrase ‘we need to change the culture here’ so many times, that I have started to ask myself if I am seeing the same...

Whether the problem currently demanding your attention is getting your toddler to stop tormenting the dog or finding ways to increase the...

We're all works in progress and, to the extent that we are self-aware and introspective, we can fix personal glitches and interact on a...

In his exceptional book ‘So good they can’t ignore you’, Cal Newport posits the insightful notion that whilst it’s a nice idea to ‘follow...