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Blair McPherson
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06 May 2021 - 15:26

null Doing as little as necessary and Just enough is never enough. 

Doing as little as necessary sounds like a skivers charter. Where as Just enough is never enough could be the motto of a demanding manager. The first is about a radically different way of operating the second is about learning from mistakes so that next time we do better than just survive.  In the news paper today I read about an innovative award wining partnership based on a... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 May 2018 - 16:10

null This is how we do things here

Every manager has a philosophy. The best are able to transmit this philosophy so that everyone buys into a particularly way of doing things.  When the philosophy delivers no one questions it but the point about a philosophy is that a manager sticks to this way of doing things even when it appears not to be working.    If you chop and change your philosophy to follow the... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Jul 2017 - 15:22

null The way of the Salmon

Despite the fact that it wasn't yet visiting time the hospital car park was full. More than full, people had abandoned their cars half way up grass banks, at odd angles on the pavement and in one case squeezed between two trees. The only hope of finding a parking space was to stalk someone walking back to their car and claim their spot before others realised they were leaving. Drivers were... See more
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