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  • Challenges? Here’s How I Manage Change.

    Challenges? Here’s How I Manage Change.

    If you’re setting out to transform in the New Year, here’s a summary of the process I use.A link to a more detailed description and links to resource i use is included below. 3 Steps to Change: The HALM Steps: There’s more information and links to resource I use in the original post about HALM:The…

  • XYZ System: BPRF Brainstorm > Research > Prototype > Final Build

    XYZ System: BPRF Brainstorm > Research > Prototype > Final Build

    BPRF Brainstorm > Research > Prototype > Final Build I’ve wrote about this before in detail so here’s the practical short version. I use BRPF as a method of building things, within the ever evolving XYZ System. It’s a fundamental part alongside the project management aspect of the XYZ System. The project management part of XYZ is…

  • XYZ SYSTEM: SET Organisation

    XYZ SYSTEM: SET Organisation

    Version: 1.1 An introduction to the concept of SET. Why have a way to organise what’s in your head? Any kind of organisational system that works for you will reduce the energy you need to dedicate to it. It being the set of all the things you do and don’t do – but are in…

  • From Blind Spots to Bright Spots: Revolutionising Your Business Model.

    From Blind Spots to Bright Spots: Revolutionising Your Business Model.

    A long time ago in a business far far away I was working on a project that required a knowledge of how the business operated. As you’d expect, I interviewed the business owner asking her to describe her business to me, “Walk me through how everything works.” I said. A business story After about 20…

  • Do you need to optimise? Maybe not…

    Do you need to optimise? Maybe not…

    In business and life these days it seems like everything is telling you to strive for optimal. That seems like a logical idea, but for me at least it causes problems. The problem I’m referring to is the overwhelming feeling, the mountain that seems to be in front of you when you decide to optimise…

  • XYZ System: Prototype

    XYZ System: Prototype

    Brainstorming ? Research ? Prototype ? Final build The stage of the XYZ system is the prototype. This is where you get to test all the assumptions you have made during brainstorming and research. Your research will have eliminated some options for you, and now you have something you can try. You might have more…

  • The Essentials – [HALM] Hydrate, Activate, Lubricate, Meditate.

    The Essentials – [HALM] Hydrate, Activate, Lubricate, Meditate.

    “The Essentials” reduces energy consumption, cranks your flywheel, generates energy, calm, and flow. I first wrote this list in March 2022, but in practice, the actions it contains are much older than that. These are things I do when I need to get going. I decided that I better write down the things I do,…