Look at most of our desks and you see To Do lists and clutter. The To Do List is a symptom of old (possibly bad) habits. My habit is to reframe the To Dos as actions or appointments to go into my diary. They then become events with a … [Read more...]
Where’s The Evidence That Business Programs Work?
There are too many books and speakers that make claims along the lines of “this is how I did it (at one particular time, in one particular industry, in one particular set of circumstances) so do as I say and you too will become rich … [Read more...]
My Creative Life
Interview with Bath Business News Name: Robert Craven Job Title: Managing Director, Principal Consultant, Author Current Company: The Directors’ Centre … [Read more...]
Not Enough Hours In The Day?
April 5, 2017 by Robert Craven “There are simply not enough hours in the day and that’s the end of it” the MD said to me. He meant it. You could see that he was exhausted, trying to do too much and ending up chasing his own … [Read more...]
Objectives and Key Results
Let’s talk OKRs… one of those acronyms you either do or you don’t know. OKRs stand for Objectives and Key Results. Used by the likes of Intel and Google, it is the practice of setting and communicating team and employee objectives and … [Read more...]
So Good They Can’t Ignore You
If you are fairly good at what your business does then that’s a nice place to be. Nice, warm, comfortable. But it’s not very compelling for customers. For you it might even be quite a dangerous place to be. After all, mediocrity is not … [Read more...]