Common sense policies

In 2018, the French public school system banned using mobile phones within the school grounds. They have since discovered increased student participation, focus, and creativity and improved exam results. While the benefits are clear, countries like the UK and the US...

The story with ratios

Measuring performance is essential, but even that can be misleading. For example, when we look at an isolated metric, it may tell one story, yet the results may differ when we compare it to other measures. For example, a growth in revenue by 50% may seem to be...

Perpetual, slow and smooth

As leaders, it is not difficult to get caught up in the moment, and rightly so. However, we must focus on the present as this is what we can control, yet it is all too often the emotion of now absorbs us. We are doing well and have experienced a few recent wins that...

Consistent and patient

It rarely happens as fast as we want, nor does it take as long as we may imagine. If we start fast, with urgency and a desire to get to the end immediately, we often meet with disappointment and failure. In response, we resort to abandonment. Suppose we are methodical...

Slow down

The quest to do something quickly and get it done sooner. To what avail? So that we can do more, but with likely less quality. What do we take in and enjoy by rushing through it? What if we did slow down by just five percent? How will that change things for us? How...