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The future mistrust of startups

We live in a very trusting investment world.

The business model appears to be;

  • Set up a company, with a tech-like focus
  • do amazing PR at a time when more money than sense is looking for a home (thank you loose monetary policy),
  • expand in such a way that no one is much bothered by the impossibility of profitability,
  • focus on generating market share to create a “network effect”
  • make the game last at least until you are rich.
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Now, WOW! How?

When we are thinking creatively sometimes we struggle to identify which “great” ideas to progress.

Here is a simple prioritization matrix to assist.

When people want to develop new ideas, they most often think out of the box in the brainstorming or divergent phase. However, when it comes to convergence, people often end up picking ideas that are most familiar to them.… Read more

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The Phoenix Checklist

During an assignment to develop a session on critical and creative thinking I’ve found inspiration.

the first is the problem-solution model


  which enables us to think about the right questions on the right order.

then there’s the Phoenix checklist from the CIA‘s (I’ve always wanted to link to the CIA) Problem Definition Checklist provoked precisely this kind of approach; rounded, many-faceted, flexible.… Read more

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I’ve inherited a dysfunctional team… help me

Anytime a senior member of staff leaves a company, a certain level of instability is to be expected.

Employees who reported into that person begin to feel insecure about their future within the company and they certainly can’t be blamed for feeling anxious about a new boss, maybe someone completely unknown to them or the business.

Personally, I have been involved in a few managerial upheavals in my career and can attest to how unsettling they can be.… Read more