Posts on https://truemindconsulting.com/posts/ Recent content in Posts on Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:18:53 +0000 Complexity eats everything for breakfast https://truemindconsulting.com/posts/2023/06/09/complexity-eats-everything-for-breakfast/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:18:53 +0000 https://truemindconsulting.com/posts/2023/06/09/complexity-eats-everything-for-breakfast/ I went to a breakfast meeting of business leaders — the kind where everyone has the words “chief” or “head” in their title. Depth, contrast and multiple perspectives https://truemindconsulting.com/posts/2023/06/05/depth-contrast-and-multiple-perspectives/ Mon, 05 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://truemindconsulting.com/posts/2023/06/05/depth-contrast-and-multiple-perspectives/ 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. Embracing wicked problems https://truemindconsulting.com/posts/2023/05/17/embracing-wicked-problems/ Wed, 17 May 2023 21:15:43 +0000 https://truemindconsulting.com/posts/2023/05/17/embracing-wicked-problems/ <p>A wicked problem is one that isn’t susceptible to linear thinking¹.</p> Pathological what now? https://truemindconsulting.com/posts/2023/02/06/pathological-what-now/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 12:34:00 +0000 https://truemindconsulting.com/posts/2023/02/06/pathological-what-now/ The phrase “computer says no” has become ubiquitous (at least wherever people have watched Little Britain) as a shorthand for bureaucratic blockages. Purported purposes, and real ones https://truemindconsulting.com/posts/2023/02/06/purported-purposes-and-real-ones/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 12:03:06 +0000 https://truemindconsulting.com/posts/2023/02/06/purported-purposes-and-real-ones/ 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. Visual before verbal, sensing before speaking https://truemindconsulting.com/posts/2023/02/02/visual-before-verbal-sensing-before-speaking/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:53:40 +0000 https://truemindconsulting.com/posts/2023/02/02/visual-before-verbal-sensing-before-speaking/ 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.