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Read Questions to ask yourself before you buy

Questions to ask yourself before you buy

Sometimes it is very easy to buy things just for the sake of it. We get that rush when either we bring the item home or it is delivered. It is easy to form an addiction to that feeling.

Read Exposing the beauty in a problem

Exposing the beauty in a problem

I was recently reminded of this great quote:

“When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is …

Read Fractional talent as an alternative pool of resources

Fractional talent as an alternative pool of resources

At the startup I work for we used to have a full time HR person. These were in the days when the expectation was that we would have explosive growth and the company would “at least double in …

Read Committing time to stand out from the crowd

Committing time to stand out from the crowd

There is a famous quote that asks how you eat an elephant and the answer is one bite at a time. It can be very daunting when attempting something new especially if it is potentially a large task. …

Read How behaviour can shape the culture

How behaviour can shape the culture

Andrew Cherrie is the pastor of Home Church. In a recent sermon entitled “7 lessons from 7 years at Home Church” he gave the following quote:

Read How we recharged the team with a fallow week

How we recharged the team with a fallow week

Due to the ongoing COVID situation the team had been struggling to stay focussed and motivated. The inability to go out, the lack of change of scenery and the sameness every day has been taking its …

Read How to change your day with meeting plans

How to change your day with meeting plans

I recently had a day where I had about 10 different meetings - all on different subjects. I knew that I would struggle to be productive in each of them if I turned up for them unprepared and had to …

Read When your WPF menu alignment is wrong

When your WPF menu alignment is wrong

I had a very weird problem where my menus on a WPF application were dropping down to the left instead of the normal to the right.

Read How to easily implement successful remote team retrospectives

How to easily implement successful remote team retrospectives

As part of our processes we regularly hold retrospectives. We used to do this all in a room with post-it notes - a fairly traditional approach. We would set up 4 areas: Liked, Longed, Learned and …