Imagine the scene. It’s the early hours of the morning. A young engineer lies awake, unable to sleep because of the excitement. After what seems like an hour of trying to find a comfy position to nod off, he checks Read More

I’m not sure of the original attribution of the accompanying visual – I think Jack Welch talked about the principle in a video I saw once. It speaks to an issue that I see too often: organizations have nice posters Read More

In my April 2017 Newsletter, I said that the way we draw our maps betrays our priorities: Just as empires put their capitals in the centre of the map, businesses often put the company at the centre, rather than the customer Read More

Imagine that you’re sharing a house with a friend or partner. You’re both good people, but sharing a living space can be tricky. You don’t know each other’s habits and preferences, and it’s easy get in each other’s way. One Read More

In the old days, Federal Express (now FedEx) made an arresting promise: “When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.” Now they operate globally rather than just in the US, they can’t always make it overnight, but they still Read More