This is where I write, infrequently, about sense and nonsense in the world of managers and consultants, things which occupy my mind, some serious, others funny and frank. The contributions are intended to entertain and to inspire further thoughts about the challenges managers have to face today – and tomorrow.
About steely hardiness, exhausting and futile struggle, your odds from the bookies, the impossibility of unlearning how to drive, experiences as a surfer, and answers you don't like to hear.
About carrots, risky strategies to raise your profile, subcultures, Jean Tinguely, about cycles that only long-serving employees can see, Mindful Leadership, and rare hobbies.
About can openers, the stone age, group dynamics, congested areas of communication, mindful leadership, Indiana Jones, and true collaboration.
About neuroscience, diffusion of competence, women with brains, cluster bombs, Heinz von Förster, asymptotes, and about morse code.
Above all, this is about acceptance, but also about Goethe, lemons, what we can learn from dying processes, wasted concepts and misplaced paroles.
About failing change projects, the limits of headlines, Gandalf as a miscast, nervous markets and other pets, and about what remains for a consultant, when there is nothing to know.