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Over recent weeks I have found myself talking to various people in the real world in terms of “our thinking is broken”. The context of these conversations was the need to change and improve a series of linked internal processes. Reviewing yet another “management systems standard” approach to resilience for this blog got me thinking [...]
I am always sceptical when I find articles that claim to identify or eliminate the so-called “Black Swan” events. Primarily as they appear to be derived from not having read, nor understood, Taleb’s definition of a Black Swan event. First point of definition, the event is outside the realm of regular experience and there is [...]
Yes, that title is associated with Steve Jobs – and therefore this post is inspired by his death this week – but it is not another “cult of the individual” tribute. In fact it is a tribute to the ideals encapsulated in that quote. Actually, the quote is not originally attributable to Jobs – he [...]
For the past year I have received a daily email from Google’s Alerts Service for the keyword “resilience”. It is clear from this form of very scientific research that the concept of resilience is most commonly found in sport, not business! Perhaps it is just that sports journalists are using the word more than business writers [...]
A combination of reduced inspiration and the increase in financial processing associated with the end of the financial year here, have led to me not posting anything the past few weeks. During this period I have read a number of interesting posts and articles, many of them “starred” in Google Reader and Twitter for future [...]
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