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Fascinated by how organisations work and why we make life so difficult for ourselves.

Nottingham & Norfolk
Joined March 2011
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'They're exploiting the human anxiety that comes from something that's slightly different.' Former Deputy PM Lord Heseltine explains to @BenKentish how the election campaign is being 'dishonest' in not discussing Brexit.
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Thanks for having me on your show @adrianswinscoe
PODCAST: You don’t get promoted for teaching people how to wash their hands – Interview with James Lawther (@SquawkPoint) bit.ly/4cC1kTb
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The reasons why most organisations are so mediocre and what to do about it. Interview with @adrianswinscoe
NEW PODCAST: You don’t get promoted for teaching people how to wash their hands – Interview with James Lawther (@SquawkPoint) bit.ly/4cC1kTb
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The world's top 100 customer service blogs, featuring @customerthink, @billquiseng and @adrianswinscoe amongst others, via @_feedspot business.feedspot.com/custom…
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You are in there too…..look how far we’ve come by hanging around 🤣
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Age has its benefits.
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Why invite curiousity?
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Because anybody who thinks they know everything is self-delusional.
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"A natural forest has a web of interactions that stabilises it ecologically" "industrial forests are rural wastelands that succumb easily to environmental changes and disease"
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Yes but you can't hire and fire them... I must not be so cynical, I must not be so cynical...
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James Lawther retweeted
There is no such thing as a dysfunctional organization, because every organization is perfectly aligned to achieve the results it currently gets" -- Jeff Lawrence So much to unpack here.
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"All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride." ~ W. Edwards Deming
Our method of regulation relies on fear as the motivator. We need a method of regulation that fosters pride. We have to change the locus of control. #rethinkingregulation
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The Great Post Office Scandal - Nick Wallis This is a case study of how not to manage a corporation. It should be compulsory reading for every MBA, and anyone even remotely interested in organisational culture should read it. squawkpoint.com/2024/03/dysf…
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Did we mention our awesome FlowChainSensei was working at Fujitsu at the time? And conducted one of the many audits on the Horizon programme?
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And what did he think?
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