Thinking side-wise
A new website, and a new weblog. I already run one weblog – weblog.tomgraves.org – that serves as a news-and-discussion site for my other existing websites: Tetradian Books – my book-publishing website...
View ArticleThe reverse-test
“Through the marketing looking-glass“: brilliantly pithy insight from Fiona Czerniawska of SourceForConsulting.com. She notes that most of the marketing material from consulting firms has a stultifying...
View Article10, 100, 1000, 10000
10, 100, 1000, 10000. A lot of things those numbers could apply to, of course, but in this case they’re ballpark figures for the number of hours it takes to develop specific levels of skill. The...
View ArticleThe rise of the business anarchist
If you work in a large organisation, no doubt you’ll have analysts everywhere; you may well be one yourself. You know who they are, what they do, what part they play: financial analysts, business...
View ArticleMaking continuous-improvement visible
Continuous-improvement is the cornerstone of many recent innovations in the business world – Shewhart/Deming quality-management, Six-Sigma, Agile software-development, kaizen process-improvement and...
View ArticleOn innovation, foundations, scaffolding and Portakabins
In uncertain times, innovation is essential. To help in this, there are plenty of well-known techniques and processes, to guide the creation of new ideas in business and elsewhere. But how well do you...
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