Organisations are made of unheroic work — those thousands of everyday actions and decisions that keep your particular engine turning. Hidden …
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Avoid statement creep and focus on what matters most
You know the page. There might even be one in your organisation. At the top is purpose, and from there, the cascade continues …
Beware the noise of other people’s ideas.
The book "Noise, A Flaw in Human Judgement" by Daniel Kahneman, Cass Sunstein and Oliver Sibony explores the information and choices that …
How to make the most of your values.
Values are not there as a billboard for your goodness. Frankly, I don’t care what someone who doesn’t work for me, with me and buy from me …
Trust turbo-charges your brand result.
Are you a trust given or a trust earned person? In my experience, everyone is one or the other, and like oil and water, the two don't …
The consequences of promises
Consequences always follow promises, and the nature of the outcome is determined by whether you keep or break them. At first glance, …
Culture happens one action and decision at a time and changes the same way.
Anyone who has ever tried to change an organisation's culture can attest to legacy's sticky hold, where the pull of the past routinely …
I am not on a journey
These days, it feels like every damn thing I do is called a journey. I'm not buying a drill. I'm on a home improvement journey. I don't …
Brand is a warehouse for value
Untethering a brand from day-to-day marketing activities can leave people feeling at sea about what remains. If it isn’t all the markers …
What makes unheroic work worthy of attention?
The term ‘unheroic work’ first landed in my language via a book by Jedediah Purdy1 about the commons of politics and community. The quote …