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The new possible

by Stuart Patience
24th December 20181st January 2019

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

by Stuart Patience
15th December 201814th December 2018

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

by Stuart Patience
14th December 201814th December 2018

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

Backlog

by Stuart Patience
2nd October 2018

We all know about the backlog: The work we never quite catch up on The to do list items that have fallen off the bottom… Read More »Backlog

Clarity. Simplicity. Focus.

by Stuart Patience
10th August 20182nd March 2019

I’ve been reminded about the importance of clarity and simplicity by three books in the last week: Don’t Make Me Think, Steve Krug’s classic on… Read More »Clarity. Simplicity. Focus.