Ideas by Rob England Jul 15, 2022 Unintended consequences Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnly some unintended consequences are foreseeable, and none are predictable. Read More
Commentary by Rob England Jul 15, 2022 Freedom of religion Reading Time: < 1 minuteReligion in the workplace is such a delicate and nuanced topic. Read More
Ideas by Rob England Jul 14, 2022 Don’t recruit strangers Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf companies were less insular (or as we would say up here in the south: weren’t up their own arses) recruiting would be easier. Read More
Commentary by Rob England Jul 5, 2022 Retaining staff Reading Time: 3 minutesA client is concerned at the number of people who move out of the organisation instead of moving within. Here are some ideas: Read More
Commentary by Rob England Jul 5, 2022 Humans bring a lot more than processing power Reading Time: 2 minutesPeople bring a lot more than processing power to the job. We aren’t wet robots. We contribute to a working community, not a production machine. Read More
Ideas by Rob England Jul 5, 2022 Work will find its own level Reading Time: 2 minutesFor all the debate over work from home, or work from anywhere, or hybrid work, or return to the office because the Emperor of Mars says so, none of us – not even Elon Must – will control what happens. Read More
Commentary by Rob England Jul 5, 2022 Vietnam prospering Reading Time: 2 minutesIf I were to sum up Vietnam in one word, it would be prosperity. Read More
Ideas by Rob England Jul 5, 2022 Employees assess themselves and set their own pay Reading Time: 6 minutesWhy not? It can work. Here is an example from the book A Radical Enterprise by Matt Parker: Read More
Ideas by Rob England Jul 5, 2022 The ASREDS loop Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is a really good artefact from the book Sooner Safer Happier, that we will use: Read More
Commentary by Rob England Jun 25, 2022 McKinsey may be criminally awful but don’t write the content off Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m the first to pile it on McKinsey. I’ve been rude as hell. I use them as a case study in my consultant training. At the same time, the content they produce is good. Read More