Control freaks have enormous delivery costs. The desperate need to see, know and approve everything makes glorified postmen out of the rest of the team. The team members are essentially middle men, they deliver what needs approving, note the feedback, deliver the feedback. And repeat. Safe to say it’s not a sustainable job. A messaging … Continue reading Control freaks and delivery costs →

If I just avoid the problem long enough it’ll solve itself. If only it worked like that. That would be amazing, you wouldn’t have to do any work and all your problems would be solved. Well you’d probably lose a lot of satisfaction as you get whatever you want without any effort. Ugh why are … Continue reading Problem avoidance →

9 out of the 10 present loved it. One did not. Unfortunately that one just so happened to be the highest ranking and so the design did not get approved. Next week the updated design was being discussed. Some offered their opinions, expressing their approval of the revised version, but it was to no avail. … Continue reading One of ten →

The timid Death Star intern couldn’t find his teammates to help him with his work problem. But fortunately the intern bumped into the big dog, the head honcho, the shot caller... Darth Vader. The intern thinks to himself, ‘oh perhaps Mr. Vader would be able to help me with this problem’. Darth happens to be … Continue reading Darth v Yoda →

Self sabotage - your own subconscious ensuring failure. Watching one more episode instead of getting started on that college project. Creating unnecessary drama because the relationship is going too well. Spending your entire work day chatting so you have to pull an all nighter to catch up. It happens to the best of us. The … Continue reading Self sabotage →

“We got sign off!” The team schedules the images for publishing and proceeds to celebrate the night away. The next day the team starts to work on the next project. Then a senior executive chips in with their feedback and the words on every team member’s lips were: “But it’s been signed off.” The time … Continue reading Past sign off feedback →

Yesterday I was making a video and I wanted a shot of me hitting the camera with a rugby ball from 50 yards away. I must've made somewhere in the region of 30-50 attempts. There were some beautiful kicks with textbook technique that came so close, but no cigar and there were some awful shanks. … Continue reading Deserving →

Fostering engagement within a group can be difficult work. Your messages may garner no replies consistently. You may well stand at a metaphorical fork in the road to choose your methods. The path on your left is a positive route. It involves rewarding engagement in order to encourage it. The path on the right is … Continue reading Coerced engagement →

‘Can somebody please explain to me what that means’ Then another character steps in, supplies the answer and the dialogue moves swiftly on. ‘House’ proves that the audience doesn’t have to understand everything to enjoy the show. Here are some of the terms used (or at least how I heard them anyway :P) Preeclampsia Granulona … Continue reading Understanding TV →

“That solution won’t work because Mary likes her tea in the morning.” “That solution won’t work because the commute would be too long.” “And that solution won’t work because I’m not that kind of person.” The unsolvable problem is enticing because it keeps you nice and safe. How can you be expected to make progress … Continue reading The unsolvable problem →