How often do people complain they have too much to do and too little time? More than at any time in history time management is seen as a problem. Stress through having too much to do is at an all time high and following the pandemic certain areas of the…
In all businesses but especially in SME’s it is vital to understand why fixed overheads are so important. The answer lies in the name. They are FIXED. We live in changing and unpredictable times and so anything that restricts our ability to react quickly can be a problem. We saw…
Why do bad managers hate work from home? We have recently heard many managers objecting to their staff working from home. The most recent of these is Jacob Rees-Mogg a man whose ideas of work are firmly based in the industrial revolution and have never moved on. So why do…
Time management is a great term that has been around for decades now but I’m sorry – you can’t manage time. A dictionary definition of to manage is “to handle, direct, govern or control in action or use. Just try doing that with time. What we really need to do…
A couple of days ago I wrote about the Ivy Lee Method Ivy Lee Method and now we move to the Pomodoro Technique as an extension of that. Named after the tomato shaped timer this technique make use of the brain’s natural ability to work well in short bursts. The…
I’ve had a frustrating day and have experienced what it’s really like when the computer says no. This happened with a large mobile phone provider but it could have been any one of a number of large companies who try to do customer service on the cheap with poor systems.…
In order to have an effective, rather than just a productive day I use the Ivy Lee Method. Who or what is Ivy Lee I hear you ask? Ivy Lee was an American productivity consultant who was engaged by Charles Schwab (one of the richest men in the world in…
I was considering the solution to a problem today and it got me thinking, are easy & simple the same thing? The answer is normally a huge NO but they can be. The problem was – should I accept work from a new client? Unless we work in the areas…
I keep hearing the phrase “it’s great that we are getting back to normal” and it got me thinking – what’s so great about normal? The pandemic has been a total disaster for so many people around the world. Some have died, others are left with long covid but for…
We keep hearing this phrase but it got me thinking – what is big data and how big is big? Big data has come about as a result of organisations and individuals passing huge amounts of data between themselves rather than storing it privately as in the past. Every time…