What do you do when people aren’t watching you? This might be a post about the difference between EPISODIC regulation and something that has more of an ANTHROPOLOGICAL feel to it. Let see how it goes… Alternatively, if none of that makes any sense, how about this question, What do you do before your Mother/Father-in-law […]
Power in Partnerships and when it goes bad.
Power is a bit of a taboo subject, we don’t really talk about it. But when you boil things down to what matters in any human connection, power really does count. This is particularly true in a partnership. If you’ve got big differences in how much power sits with people around the table, there’s a […]
Campbell’s Law and why Outcome Measurement is a Dead Cobra.
Target setting and ‘outcome measurement’ are part of a vast industry of checking and ‘holding to account’ but basically it doesn’t work, and probably causes more problems than if you didn’t bother in the first place. That’s a bit controversial…, particularly if you are in the game of; measurement, checking and ‘holding to account’. Let […]
Project Learning Reviews are like a Cheese Fondue…
…basically you throw everything into a pot and mix it all together into a smooth consistency. Then you stick a piece of bread on a fork, pop it into the mixture, and see what comes out. That’s your project learning, driven by a thinking process called retrospective coherence. The Origins of Fondue and Project Reviews. […]
The negative side of autonomous vehicles – no more AA Roadside Recovery Service
There’s a lot been said about the benefits of the autonomous vehicles we’ve been promised in the next few years; on-demand use, energy efficiency, less congestion, improved safety, high reliability etc etc. But I’m not so sure… The ‘reliability thing’ (never breaking down and leaving you stranded on the roadside) has two negatives in my […]
Pathological to Generative. Moving up the Regulation Culture Ladder with Bruce.
Love Your Auditor. A wise person* once explained to me why they enjoyed a visit from their auditors. The gist of the story revolved around the benefit provided by auditors in presenting an ‘outside viewpoint’, something valuable that helped them improve their business. A challenge in the style of a ‘critical friend’ was a catalyst […]
Volunteer Fire Departments and Community Building. Neighbours helping Neighbours. #ChurchillFellowship Post 16
There are 337 Fire Departments in the State of Maine USA, and 94% (316 of them) are Volunteer Fire Departments (VFDs). For a population of roughly 1.3 million, that works out at about 1 Fire Department per 3,964 Mainers. In Wales we have approximately 153 Fire and Rescue Stations, all operated by paid professionals. For […]
