Make good work possible.
Find the barriers with the people closest to the work. Change the decisions, structures and habits that keep those barriers in place.
PEOPLE
FIRST.
NOW WHAT?
Let’s unlock human potential by removing the organizational barriers we create and keep in place.
Let’s get into it ↓LESS
FRICTION.
MORE
AGENCY.
FRICTION.
MORE
AGENCY.
Better work.
Better results.
Better organizations.
THE GAP WE NEED TO CLOSE
Great aspirations.
Then it’s Tuesday,
10:17 AM.
People First. Customer First. Empowerment. Trust.
Someone is waiting for a decision. Someone is chasing information. Someone has found another workaround.
What did we put in their way?
Meet Tuesday →HOW WE RUN THE BUSINESS
Build the conditions
for a damn
good job.
Give people room to act.
Put information, tools and authority where they can make a difference. Let speaking up lead to visible action.
Keep the promises we sell.
Bring customer promises, resources and the reality of delivery together. Then check whether the changes actually help.
SAME PERSON.DIFFERENT WORK CLOTHES.
A LITTLE CONTEXT
From the boardroom.
To the boiler room.
And back again.
Seafarer. Submarine navigator. Programmer. Coach. API program leader. Teacher. International speaker. Facility technician.
I’ve spent years exploring what organizations could become. Then I picked up a grass trimmer and learned how much I still had to learn.
Doing the work changed my understanding of what people know, what organizations fail to hear, and what it takes to make a good working day possible.
I’m bringing those worlds together.
Read the story →IDEAS TO TAKE TO WORK
Posts & articles.
Questions. Stories. A little discomfort.
Let’s get curious before we get corrective.
Workarounder
What could we do if we didn’t have to work around our organizations?
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The Dunning–Kruger Approximation
A little knowledge. A lot of confidence. And some very uncooperative leaves.
Read the article →
Tuesday, 10:17 AM
Every organization has its aspirations. And then there is Tuesday.
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The Promise
What if we gave 10,000 people back just one hour a week?
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Your Most Wasted Resource Is Human
What I learned when I left the ivory tower and put on work clothes.
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UPCOMING
PEOPLE FIRST
— WTF!
DAMN GOOD ORGANIZATIONAL ADVICE.
A small book for people who want their people to have a good Tuesday. Short chapters. Real work. Uncomfortable questions. And room to think.
Currently in the making.
A first look: Why I wrote this book ↗THE MANDATE
What is getting
in your people’s way?
I’m looking for one company serious about changing that — with a salaried leadership mandate, the authority to act, and the backing to follow through.
Let’s talk about what your organization could become.
Talk to me on LinkedIn ↗