Guess the Word and Contact Us for Prizes! Series 66 starts soon…. 1st letter of each Post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly or jumbled up. Previous answers: Series 65 spelt I-G-N-I-T-E-N-U-Y (INGENUITY) Series 64 spelt L-O-R-D-A-L (DOLLAR) Series 63 spelt V-I-A-G-A-T-E-N (NAVIGATE) Series 62 spelt A-I-M-X-O (AXIOM) Series 61 spelt …
Category: Series 65 – Ingenuity
Yearn After 6 months of leadership to a dead-end, firms yearn to crush senseless directions & manage Covid themselves. Random curfews & lockdowns just squeeze enterprise. Handwashing & social distancing are the only 2 proven ways to limit the spread. Other measures are orders of mass destruction. So much can go wrong when trying to…
U-turn Government U-turns harm public perception & business reality. Muddled lockdowns, confusing return to workspaces, random mingling rules, unjustified curfews, dubious extrapolations, PPE shortages, test & trace glitches. As firms approach the point of no return, Ministers spout policy regardless. Under orders – taste the fudge Guessed the Word? …
Nemesis Instant nemesis due to Covid-19: Handshakes. Trust in the competence of elites. Belief in the self-correcting nature of markets. Faith in our readiness to deal with the unexpected. We should have been more sceptical. Like viruses, some practices, beliefs & narratives will simply die out. Others will mutate or become dormant, & may prevail…
Ego The best leaders socially distance from their egos. And they don’t get excited about themselves. The great leveller, Covid-19 doesn’t spare the important, the popular, the famous nor the rich. Hero to zero? Guessed the Word? Series 65 (4/9) …
8/9) Tatters Left in tatters due to inept government handling of Covid-19: the hopes & dreams of many businesses. The ambitions & careers of countless workers. Left to themselves, people will manage the virus better without official instructions, as they can adjust precautions to suit their circumstances. Hyperactive, hype-full ministers can’t keep the main thing…
Incoherent What if official guidance is incoherent or out of its depth? Don’t rely on it! Use experience & expertise to work out how to operate safely. Arrange tests & travel support to enable workers to return to workspaces. Rearrange seating, shift patterns & work procedures to minimise Covid spread. Swim against the tide of…
Nonsense Spin doctors, trolls & conspiracy theorists spout nonsense. We can dismiss disinformation as hype & attention-seeking. But ignoring statistics, compiled with care & expertise, leaves us in the dark with no proper basis on which to make decisions – for business, health or government. Take nobody’s word for it. See through the hype Guessed the…
Grip How to get a grip & end the chaos? 1st: see things as they actually are, not how we’d like them to be. 70% of projects fail. Top 6 causes: Altering priorities; poor requirements-gathering; changing project aims; undefined opportunities/risks; bad communication; & inadequate vision/goal for the project. Common factor in all 6 causes? People. …
Inept A crisis reveals the truly capable & the utterly inept, in government & business. Actions speak louder than words. Announcing future moonshot, game-changing & world-beating products/ services while failing to deliver the ordinary today impresses no one. Just invites ridicule & distrust. Talk to the hand Guessed the Word? …