I noticed bold ambitions require an unreasonable agenda.
I noticed bold ambitions require an unreasonable agenda. Which means pushing higher standards and not accepting the status quo performance. Most people don’t like being on the receiving end of this type of strong leadership. And so some leaders dilute their mission to accommodate this resistance. They end up
Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross
💢The Sunday Dispatches is for the talented, hungry, and perhaps a little rebellious. Each week I focus on one thing and three prompts. Encouraging you to pause and think. Notice — Question — Act. 1/ Notice This headline on LinkedIn caught my eye: Every detail matters. Written by my friend Dean Moon,
The Power Of Noticing
💢The Sunday Dispatches is for the talented, hungry, and perhaps a little rebellious. Each week I focus on one thing and three prompts. Encouraging you to pause and think. Notice — Question — Act. 1/ Notice I was walking through Hereford today and caught a snippet of conversation between two people. "
Rule-Maker or Rule-Breaker
💢The Sunday Dispatches is for the talented, hungry, and perhaps a little rebellious. Each week I focus on one thing and three prompts. Encouraging you to pause and think. Notice — Question — Act. 1/ Notice After the maintenance effort at the farmhouse it was time for rest and relaxation. Frankly I
Our relationship to ownership
💢The Sunday Dispatches is for the talented, hungry, and perhaps a little rebellious. Each week I focus on one thing and three prompts. Encouraging you to pause and think. Notice — Question — Act. 1/ Notice This week I've been working hard on physical repairs to woodwork on the farmhouse
There is no try.
1/ Notice Occasionally we read something online that doesn't just stop the scroll. Instead it deeply resonates with our experiences. This blog, entitled Most People Don't Want To Succeed, was one of those somethings. Over the years I've sat with individuals and teams who
The unwelcome solution
The Sunday Dispatches is for the talented, hungry, and perhaps a little rebellious. Each week I focus on one thing and three prompts.
Proposing value, not activity.
What inspired yesterday’s post about value? Well... I’d just been reading a proposal. Actually it was more like a situation diagnosis report and statement of work with a price at the end. Nothing like the investment business case it needed to be. That's something I’ve
The primal drivers behind B2B decision-making
The Sunday Dispatches is for the talented, hungry, and perhaps a little rebellious. Each week I focus on one thing and three prompts.
Structural Tension
What inspired yesterday's post? It's great when your LinkedIn post gets some interaction. People not just saying "attaboy" but adding and deepening the dialogue. Thanks to those who took time and did. Here's some background. Perhaps explaining why it's difficult
