Thoughts

MVP. Minimum Viable Product. Whenever I hear it as part of a project I want to take myself off for a little cry. Based on my experience and anecdotes from friends and colleagues it invariably means whatever’s being delivered will be crap and a shadow…

A lot of senior folk within large organisations have a habit of coming from finance based backgrounds, which usually means they love a well-reasoned analytical argument with some half respectable numbers to strengthen it. They have a tendency to view anything without cold hard data…

A diverse and inclusive workplace is one of the best ways to allow employees to reach their maximum potential. Diverse teams produce more unique and impactful scientific ideas, for example. This can only be good for a company as it impacts across the organisation, not…

Nobody likes change, especially when it’s forced on them out of the blue. We all like what we know, the patterns we’re used to, and so when things suddenly look different to what we’re expecting, we get suspicious and defensive. Just think about how annoying…

Who cares about your latest internal comms or change management programme? Nobody. The sad reality is that outside your team, nobody’s really bothered.* Everyone is far too busy doing their jobs, working jolly hard (now more than ever), and your internal campaign is just one…

So, you’ve done the hard work creating a great offering, segmenting the market, choosing where to play, crafting a strong positioning and communicating it effectively, and it’s paying dividends, literally. Then you fall into a Heffalump trap: you take a short-term decision that could have massive,…