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I went to a breakfast meeting of business leaders — the kind where everyone has the words “chief” or “head” in their title.
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I had the good fortune to see an exhibition of Vermeer’s paintings at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Like all great art, they have something to tell us about the world and how we see it.
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A wicked problem is one that isn’t susceptible to linear thinking¹.
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The phrase “computer says no” has become ubiquitous (at least wherever people have watched Little Britain) as a shorthand for bureaucratic blockages.
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A friend of mine was recently told she was being made redundant. It was all done by the book — a meeting with the line manager, attended by HR, all points covered and next steps explained.
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I was asked to take on management of a program that had been running for a couple of years and was suffering from a lack of direction.
Jake Hoban