Business

Great strategems

Cartoon saying of all the great business stratagems, knowing when to quit is the most useful

great strategems

To quit or not to quit, that’s the question.  If you have any dealings with strategic planning, business innovation, product development or business rationalisation of any sort you will have a perspective on knowing the value of abandoning a dying proposition.

The spectre of irrationality and self delusion can creep unseen into our planning processes posing as innovation and originality.  Beating the dead proposition saps our vigour, dampens our enthusiasm and blocks genuine innovation.

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Thinking about thinking time

Cartoon about business creativity "looks like Tim's getting creative" - I guess even cost accountants can have brilliant imaginations

thinking about thinking time

Seems to me the creative mind is a mind in perpetual turmoil so it’s great to take time out from the creative process for a while.  Do some distracting activity; play in a band, ride a bike, read a book, play a game, decorate  a room, cook a meal, fly a kite or maybe a do a bit of light gardening.

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Good plan today

Cartoon about business planning - 'better a good plan today than a perfect one tomorrow'

good plan today

There is a short distance between perfection and prevarication.  Between delaying a good plan for a marginally better one too late.   The best planners tread the line between perfection and timeliness but always deliver the best possible plan at exactly the right time.

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Monkeys in suits

Cartoon stating 'you can dress a monkey in a business suit, but all you get is a well dressed monkey'

monkeys in suits

They are out there, but they don’t know who they are.  Being oblivious to much of what goes on around them and to the impact of their wayward behaviour and habits which is key to recognising the breed.  Those that I have met have been both engaging and entertaining.  Long live the corporate maverick!

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Something to say?

Cartoon stating 'some people talk when they have something to say. Others when they have to say something.

something to say?

When it comes to communicating complex ideas and concepts, they say you should imagine you are talking to someone from another planet and explain your subject clearly, concisely and in simple terms.   It is unwise to assume that people (and aliens) have the knowledge and understanding to grasp what the heck you are rabbiting on about.

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