Freedom to the nose (2): stealing at work
How free are you at work? How free are the people you’re responsible for? “As free as possible,” is a good answer, but there are… Read More »Freedom to the nose (2): stealing at work
Search Results for: friction
Overcoming barriers
With this in mind… How does what you offer reduce the barriers to people consuming something important to them? In other words, how do you… Read More »Overcoming barriers
On mopping the floor
Sweep up. Mop the floor. Spend five minutes – five minutes! – a day putting things back in their places or working out where their… Read More »On mopping the floor
A sharper razor
A fresh, sharp razor is faster and easier to use, is less less painful, and gives a better and longer-lasting finish. As a result you… Read More »A sharper razor
Quick emails
There are two types of quick emails. There’s kind where you can handle it in five or ten minutes and… the job’s finished; someone else… Read More »Quick emails
Supervision
What are you worried about? Why do you want this person or task supervised? How much time and effort will the recording and reporting cost… Read More »Supervision
Little jobs
There’s a lot to be said for batching – saving up similar jobs and then working through them efficiently in one go. But doing little… Read More »Little jobs
The new possible
My sister (let’s call her Sharky) bought me a book for Christmas. Sharky lives in Argentina. She bought the book from a shop in the… Read More »The new possible
Work: executive / decisive
These are tasks that you can finish and be done with – at least for a time. An annual report, paying a bill, creating a… Read More »Work: executive / decisive
Stability: Burke and incremental change
Steve Jobs is right about changing the world. And here’s Edmund Burke with a counterpoint – for society read ‘society’, but also, ‘family’, and ‘your… Read More »Stability: Burke and incremental change
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