Change & Communication
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Wisdom of the “doers”
My first job was driving a tractor on a farm. I was the junior, the trainee. I got the lowest skill jobs. I mucked out chickens. I nursed sick puppies from the pack of beagles. I moved bales of straw from one barn to another. I swept the barns. All I needed for this was…
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Slow!
Nish always takes it slow! He may be ten steps ahead of his audience but he is very careful to nurture their understanding as he tells his story. I had the honour to be present as he introduced some new ways of working to his colleagues. Nish and I knew the answer. We had a…
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What story are you telling?
Stasis A while ago, I was presented with a “solution” document. It started with an complex block diagram of a set of inter-related applications with a brief description of each below. This was followed by a description of the technical implementation of the “presentation layer” followed by “business logic layer”, etc. The problem statement was…
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Number Two – the Leader behind the Leader
In the days when the CxOs were called directors, when everyone worked in offices, the offices were protected by secretaries, I worked with a head of architecture who taught me many things. He was my friend. He built relationships with every board member and their gatekeepers. If he wanted a meeting, he got a meeting.…