Author Archives: James

About James

I've been an unconventional leader since I was a teenager. First with the scout movement, then the Territorial Army. After university I joined the UK civil service on a graduate management development programme. My career is now in its third decade and I've worked in Finance, HR, policy, strategy, IT, change, operations management and internal consultancy. Over the years I've mentored, coached and developed dozens of senior managers and hundreds of people.

Improper Ganda!

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http://www.somethingawful.com/d/photoshop-phriday/improper-propaganda-posters.php?page=1 A fantastic collection of propaganda posters that have been photoshopped to change the message. Very funny, especially the re-enactment one, and the Cthulhu poster. Worth a few minutes of browsing past in my opinion.

The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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subtitle: The Impact of the Highly Improbable I heard the author on Radio 4 and was intrigued with his central premise that there are wholly unpredictable random events which throw a spaner in the works and about how we often infer things Continue reading The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb→

McKinsey Invented Matrix Games

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Most of today I spent on a training course called “Top Down Thinking” being run by a nice chap from PA Consulting who is the project’s workstream leader for technology. What was most interesting for me was the way it Continue reading McKinsey Invented Matrix Games→

7th July – A Year after the Bombs

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Well I’m sitting in exactly the same place as I was this time last year when I heard about the bombings, which is in my office in Central London. I had expected it to be a bit quieter on the Continue reading 7th July – A Year after the Bombs→