Detail or Big Picture: The Not-So-Obvious Truth

One of the most common ways that management and individual contributors find themselves at loggerheads, is the sense that each has that the other isn’t paying enough attention to something that they value highly – the individual contributor is frustrated that leadership isn’t paying enough attention to why the subtle differences between thing A and … Read more Detail or Big Picture: The Not-So-Obvious Truth


Problem Solving: If Ya Gotta Problem… Yo, I’ll Solve It

I’m not too proud to admit that as an impressionable ‘tween’ I had a girl-crush on Vanilla Ice. In fact, if you’d popped round to our house for a cuppa, you’d probably find me in the lounge playing Ice Ice Baby at full volume, singing and dancing as though no one was watching (which thankfully they … Read more Problem Solving: If Ya Gotta Problem… Yo, I’ll Solve It


Appreciation: 10 Ways To Show You Care

One of the advantages of living in New Zealand is getting to be first… Our Eastern-most reaches are the first to see the Sun at the dawn of every new day… which means that I’m writing this on Valentine’s Day while much of the world is still enjoying the anticipation of Valentine’s Day… Which got … Read more Appreciation: 10 Ways To Show You Care