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In our connected world, there is a pressure to be the person who knows.  The one who can tell you the shortcut in the journey and the hack in the process, so that we can go back to our packed schedules and our overwhelming workloads.  The one with all the answers, at a finger-snap.    AndContinue reading “The right questions. “

The volume of information we use to make decisions in our work is growing, and our time to make those decisions is disappearing.  Information runs organisations, and yet often we do not have the time to respond to the opportunity this presents.    Instead we have to become well-practised at relying on our instant reactions, andContinue reading “Admin is cool 🤟”

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we were an expert at something, without needing the practice. Wouldn’t it be convenient if everything we created, worked first time. Wouldn’t life be easier if every decision we made, turned out to be the right one. From musical instruments, to school, to cookery, to work, to sports, to loveContinue reading “Failure as a Feature.”

When was the last time you did something new? New in the way that causes you to stare into space, with a blank mind.  That turns your stomach into a knot, and makes you want to hide. New is a scary thing. It means we have to say ‘yes’ to things that may unsettle us,Continue reading “The resistance of new.”

Creating digital work, is full of conflict.   It is a race for ideas.  It is an environment where amazing ideas, launched well, can very quickly stick and scale.   But it is also an environment where the imperfect is immediately obvious, highlighted, and can mean we are quickly disillusioned and we give up.    Sometimes it is also very hard to know whichContinue reading “Create, learn, iterate (revisited).”

The end of a day, is quickly followed by the beginning of a new one. No sooner have we broken the finish tape of one month, than we hear the starting pistol of a new one. Everywhere you look, there are ends, and beginnings.  It is a matter of perception which you prefer, if youContinue reading “Ends and beginnings.”

If we know the answer to something, it might seem like a silly question.  If we don’t know the answer to something, it might seem like a silly question. But if we learn to see things how others see things, we will realise that there are no silly questions.  The world is a noisy, overwhelmingContinue reading “Silly Questions.”

Our days are full of information.  Our workplaces demand decisions.  But time is still time.  Hours are still hours.  Our brains are still the same size.  Our decisions or choices are often made using incomplete information or data, and under time-pressure.  This pressure can sometimes block us.  We need time to organise our thoughts, or to allow ourselves to process unconsciousContinue reading “Step back, stride forwards.”

Most people have the memory of starting school aged 5, excited (..or not!) at the prospect of what learning is to come. That’s the point in time we surrender ourselves as children to the foreseeable future of mandatory learning, very aware our parents are going to ship us off to school every day until weContinue reading “Every day is a school day.”

Here at MMC, we are beginning to re-open our office space.  Risk assessments have been completed, COVID measures are in place, rotas and schedules have been agreed.  We are looking forward to interaction outside of 2D Teams meetings, Zoom yoga classes, collaborative software. It has made us reflective.  We have been lucky enough to beContinue reading “The Office-less Manager.”