Lots of interesting themes from Maister:
Two items that echo Hutton’s thinking on how (non-)rational we are:
- Strategy and the Fat Smoker. Can we ever commit to a life-changing change programme? It takes a lot of (public) effort, as Weight Watchers recognises.
- Strategy means saying No. We have to have a core strategy that differentiates, and resist the move to other non-core activities.
And two others with lessons from life:
- How do you make relationships work? It’s not about compromise, it’s about taking turns. This is a corker, and very rarely stated.
- How to motivate younger teams – ensure that there is no underdelegation – and yes, it’s about leaders saying “I don’t have to do this any more; what should I be doing?”.