Business leaders' lives changed for good
My youngest son is a wonderful musician, already better than I will ever be. He was born with musical talent (he owes me for that), but he learned to be a musician, and he owes a great teacher and a determined mother for that. Mrs T said he had to […]
After 15 years I’ve worked out what we do here and why it works so well. I’ve always practiced “outside in” – bringing the world to my inbox via subscriptions to bloggers, periodicals, newspapers and book reviews. This has its downside as a couple of them are American magazines (The […]
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but sh*t happens. Often. All the time, to varying degrees. We’re rolling along happily, and then avvompha! We get knocked off our stride. Last year we were working on a big initiative. Great opportunity, wonderful relationship yadda yadda yadda. The great opportunity got smaller […]
Dr Mike is practicing what he preaches taking a well-earned break at the beach, with the team at The Breakthrough Company keeping things humming at HQ. So, it is with great pleasure that I’m guest blogging this missive. Good intentions, we all have them. We begin the new year full […]
It’s all very well to set Most Important Goals. They establish what we rationally consider to be our priorities. They represent our beliefs about what’s important – they’re our convictions. But priorities are only meaningful if they involve choice and sacrifice. In those moments when honouring the priority involves inconvenience, […]
We played our last gig of the year last night – it was really great. The crowd loved it, we played pretty well and the energy was high. I got some very nice crowd response to some of my solos on the guitar, which always feels good. Interestingly, I still […]
When a word like innovation gets bandied around by media and politicians as the solution it suffers from the same fate as most things left out in the open for too long – the meaning fades, and like all jargon it just becomes a substitute for thought. We ran a […]
As a natural introvert/learned extravert, I was excited to find an article in the HBR entitled “In a distracted world, solitude is a competitive advantage”. At last, my preference for quiet contemplation was being recognised. The “Disconnect” movement is growing as we struggle to cope with the sheer volume of […]
We had a board meeting recently. Our esteemed chairman failed certain key insight tests: He considered my shirt to be too loud (overruled by the girls in the office) He didn’t understand some of the subtleties of our business There is no hope for him on the first failure, and […]
A wolf pack always has an alpha. When the alpha is strong and in control, the pack is quiet. When the alpha weakens, the next strongest is obliged to challenge him or her. These are the rules the alpha and the pack operate on: The alpha always goes first The […]