My partner and I had a holiday weekend in a hotel in regional Victoria recently and enjoyed the walk-in, walk-out, no-need-to-prep-anything experience of our luxury hotel room. I handed over my driver’s licence at check-in, which was photocopied. I didn’t...
There are always trade-offs in strategic planning. To create space for new, high-value activities, some things have to go. It’s the only way to deliver impact and grow. Most companies allocate the same resources to the same...
It’s a phrase we may have heard, but many of us ignore it. Thought to have been coined by American aircraft engineer Kelly Johnson and widely adopted by the engineering industry, the principle is that most systems work best if they’re kept simple rather than...
Whether implementing a business strategy, getting fit, or saving for a big holiday, we’re full of good intentions. So why do so many of us fail to turn our intentions into action? This article in The Conversation suggests that to help us take action, we need to:...