This article – about the tragic death of James Le Mesurier, co-founder of The Mayday Rescue (also known as The White Helmets) – is both… Read More »Article: The Guardian Long Read on The White Helmets
Here’s an attempt at 12 Week Year-style goal setting for DC. I’m trying to keep it simple, and haven’t gone deeply into unpacking my goals… Read More »12 Week Year: DriverlessCrocoGoals
…aren’t supposed to be easy. The person you need to have the conversation with might be a peer, a friend, a long-term colleague. The conversations… Read More »Hard conversations
Following on from yesterday’s post about supervision, here are some links to Seth Godin on responsibility: Rules and responsibility “Use your best judgment.” Bureaucracies have… Read More »Seth Godin on responsibility
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
Whether you’re improving your own work or helping others improve theirs,* it pays to spend time talking about who is responsible for what – and… Read More »Responsibility
If you’re asking someone to do something for you, an appropriate spec goes a long way. A good spec saves everyone time and effort* and… Read More »Spec-ulation
A business that does not show a profit at least equal to its cost of capital is irresponsible; it wastes society’s resources. Economic profit performance… Read More »Peter Drucker on social responsibility
We’re familiar with the externalities of industrial production and consumption. They’re fairly predictable, and often visible. Even air pollution, the silent killer, is usually visible… Read More »Externalities
Make your systems strong. Have a clear process: where does the money come from, where does it go? Account for it transparently: how are movements… Read More »Trust