Organisational friction
is caused by things in your working day that you live with or work around but that sap your time, energy or attention and make… Read More »Organisational friction
Stuart Patience
The trampoline: networks, standards and freedom
The network effect is powerful, and a source of tremendous value, and we need to understand how it works. Networks depend on standardisation – a… Read More »The trampoline: networks, standards and freedom
Network opportunities
One telephone – in the whole world – is useless. Who would you call? The more telephones there are – and especially the more telephones… Read More »Network opportunities
Learning between the lines
You can’t ever just teach one thing. Whether we like it or not there’s always other stuff going on: we’re teaching what we think of our students,… Read More »Learning between the lines
Education for the future (5): tools and the wielder
Recap: a foundation for life Education – formal education at least – is concerned with equipping people with tools: skills, knowledge and ideas that will… Read More »Education for the future (5): tools and the wielder
Leading, ends and means
Those who set the purpose or the direction for a team need to exercise their authority and be absolutely insistent about the end states to be achieved,… Read More »Leading, ends and means
“How do I take these thoroughbreds and turn them into a team?”
Getting a team together? Start building it before you’re even in the room. Kathy Delaney-Smith is the coach of the Harvard woman’s basketball team… A… Read More »“How do I take these thoroughbreds and turn them into a team?”
What goes around
Do your work well. Talk about it with people who might be interested. Ask about their work. Share stuff. Collaborate. Show up. Be a pleasure… Read More »What goes around
Too many buckets
You can fill a bucket pretty quickly under a tap. But try and fill a lot of buckets at once – a drip here, a… Read More »Too many buckets
Anything yet: never a better time
When should you start? The internet feels saturated with apps, platforms, devices, and more than enough content to demand our attention for the next million… Read More »Anything yet: never a better time