03 Mon Jun 2019
This is the first in a series of management talking points. The name Leadership 7s has been influenced by the great game of rugby, which is was the emblematic game of my youth and a passion of the home country of my Mom and Dad, Wales.
In fact, much of what I learned about leadership in my formative years came from fundamentally social influences such as rugby union.
So, today I want to address seven talking points that deal with aspects of leadership, coaching and management.
02 Sun Jun 2019
The original article is here: https://goodstrat.com/2019/05/11/deep-learning-and-shallow-understanding/
28 Tue May 2019
Martyn Richard Jones
Bruxelles 28th May 2019
To paraphrase the great Bob Hoffman. Just when you thought that if evangelists for Agile were to generate one more ounce of bullshit the entire fucking solar system would explode, what do they do? Exceed expectations.
And how did they do that? Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to Agile at Scale with all the miscellaneous, spiced-up and vainglorious crap-on-the-side that accompanies it.
27 Mon May 2019
Posted in anthropology, Brexit, Economics, Europe, European Union, leadership, Philosophy, Politics, UK
Martyn Martyn Richard Jones
Bruxelles 27th May 2019
As I commented to Keir Starmer today “Labour are making a fundamental mistake and it ain’t working, Keir”.
Labour’s approach to Brexit is completely the wrong strategy and it’s doing nobody (apart from Nigel Farage) any favours. No Brexit will benefit the immense majority of the country, we know that, and we know that the EU is not going to cut a better deal for anyone, regardless of their political flavour, because that’s just the way it is.
Like it or loath it, but, Theresa May probably struck the best Brexit deal that the UK can aspire to, and it was roundly rejected, for various reasons, by Westminster. No, the best Brexit deal is no Brexit at all.
27 Mon May 2019
Posted in Inform, educate and entertain.
25 Sat May 2019
Posted in Inform, educate and entertain.
Martyn Richard Jones
Brussels 25th May 2019
If the resignation of Theresa May has taught us something it is that we can’t be taught anything. Yes, May has resigned as leader of the Tories, but is she capable of delivering her actual departure from Downing Street on time in the way she seems to be saying she will? And, do the Tory MPs and their supporters actually know what departure from Downing Street really looks like? Does departure mean departure? Should it be a hard or soft departure? A crash out departure or a negotiated departure? Or, should we all have another vote on it? Or perhaps that would be undemocratic and against the “will of the people”?
22 Wed May 2019
Posted in agile, agile@scale, Inform, educate and entertain.
21 Tue May 2019
Martyn Richard Jones
Bruxelles 21st May 2019
What the world needs now is the concept of a Personal Integrity Key. It really would stop a lot of hassle.
But, I hear you ask “So, what’s a Personal Integrity Key, then, Mart?
I’ll come to that in a moment, but first some scene setting.
20 Mon May 2019
Posted in Economics, Good Strategy, Philosophy, Politics, Strategy
20 Mon May 2019
Martyn Richard Jones
Bruxelles 20th May 2019
I have just read Simon Jenkin’s article, published in The Guardian, on the current barney between the USA and China – “Google’s Huawei ban is good news: tech giants shouldn’t always get their way“.
This is one of those rare occasions when I don’t agree entirely with what Simon has to say, but, the piece still carries a lot of good sense and finely tuned criticism.
For me, this quarrel isn’t fundamentally about security or reining in big-tech. This is essentially about trade wars, base protection, maintaining power and imposing influence. In short, it’s about hubris, intimidation and violence on the global political stage.
But, at the bottom of all of this is the Trump administration’s Homeric ignorance and epic ability to simply fanny-around.
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