Simon Guilfoyle
- @JezLester Yeah, been there too. My book starts of with me admitting I've done the red/green target stuff. I didn't know any better! 16 hours ago
- @JezLester The unlearning stage is often the hardest 16 hours ago
- @JezLester Mixed. Have experienced resistance/denial in the past, but recently more and more are genuinely interested and accepting. 16 hours ago
- @haselour @MatthewEllis Me too :-) 16 hours ago
- @SWPHPDS Cool. Look forward to hearing your thoughts.. :-) 17 hours ago
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Recent Posts
- Dial ‘F’ For Failure
- My Name is Bill King
- Finding the Source
- Panic!
- Ministry of Silly Systems
- One Thing Leads To Another
- Play Your Cards Right
- Do Something Different
- This Time Last Year
- Must Try Harder
- A System Fit For Heroes
- Barking Up The Wrong Tree
- Free Beer!
- On Purpose
- The Bells! The Bells!
- Spot The Difference
- Get Back! Stay Back!
- Pull The Other One
- Oh Deer
- Life in the Fast Lane
- Epic Fail
- Great Expectations
- Equally Wrong
- Troubled Thinking
- Poo-Pooing Performance Indicators
- Toilet Humour
- (Not So) Bad Performance Measurement On Tour (#3)
- Would You Like Sub-Optimization With That?
- Bad Performance Measurement on Tour (#2)
- Bad Performance Measurement on Tour (#1)
- How To Lose Weight With Systems Thinking
- Is That Large?
- Would You Sit Next To Me?
- No Cheese, Please!
- Please Take A Ticket
- Water on the Brain
- Check It Out
- Left Hand, Right Hand
- Potted!
- Cream or Ice Cream?
- A Short Pub Tale
- Divide And Don’t Conquer
- Pie In The Sky
- Binary Finary
- Watch Your Waste
- The Perfect Target
- “What’s Your Favourite Cheese?”
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Stay Calm And Don’t Knee-Jerk.
- Why We Must Learn To Say ‘No’.
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Tag Archives: decision making
Finding the Source
As I go about my formal and informal research into the effects of target-driven performance management, I regularly have conversations with people at all levels of organisations. One thing I’ve found is that the people at the very top of … Continue reading
Panic!
There’s… “Panic on the streets of London! Panic on the streets of Birmingham!” So says the song of the same title by UK band The Smiths, anyway. The true story that follows (yes, I’ve caved in to popular demand and … Continue reading
Is That Large?
I was in the pub yesterday evening (yeah yeah I know, you can skip the feigned surprise). As I was standing at the bar a woman next to me asked for a glass of wine. The barman responded with “Which … Continue reading
Posted in Systems thinking
Tagged assumptions, decision making, marketing, pyschology, systems, systems thinking
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No Cheese, Please!
Someone recently asked me, “Why don’t you write blog posts about positive things?” I was surprised at first (and probably a bit defensive) as I think my posts are positive – after all, I don’t just go about kidney-punching management … Continue reading
Posted in Systems thinking
Tagged decision making, demand, division of labour, management, organisational culture, purpose, systems thinking, teamwork, variation, waste
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Cream or Ice Cream?
This blog post could quite easily have been called ‘Another Short Pub Tale’, or ‘A Short Pub Tale XXI- This Time It’s Personal’, or suchlike. Same pub, same(ish) subject matter; I was even drinking the same beer. This place is full of … Continue reading
Posted in Systems thinking
Tagged decision making, management, organisational culture, organisational trust, policy, rules, systems, systems thinking, variety
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A Short Pub Tale
Here’s a little story from the pub. It has nothing to do with policing…or does it? I was waiting at the bar in a busy local pub recently when something happened that made me think about organizational trust and frontline … Continue reading
Posted in Systems thinking
Tagged decision making, management, organisational trust, risk management, systems, systems thinking
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Choose Your Own Adventure
I make no apologies* for starting this blog with another blast from the past, this time in the form of a reference to a favourite series of books from my childhood (as well as ‘The Policeman’ of course). *As an … Continue reading
Posted in Systems thinking
Tagged cover your back, criticism, decision making, priorities, risk aversion, risk management
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Why We Must Learn To Say ‘No’.
When I was a boy, my parents bought me a Ladybird book entitled ‘The Policeman’. It contained descriptions of a variety of wholesome policing activity such as chasing bank robbers and patrolling in the community. I wonder what sort of … Continue reading
Posted in Systems thinking
Tagged cover your back, decision making, mental health, police, risk aversion
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