The last few weeks I have been writing about blind spots. The personal biases we all form at the intersection of the behaviours driven by our Values, our Environment and our Genes. Managing our blind spots and those of your team is an imperative. The diagram below provides an indication of what happens when we
Yes, I am keeping with the VEGetable theme which is all about the clarity of your thinking. Clear foresight if you will. Last week I wrote about how we have blind spots to our thinking and that we are in a constant battle to steady ourselves at the intersection of our Values, our Environment and our
You know the saying from your Mum, “You should eat your carrots. They’re good for your eyesight!”. Carrots are a vegetable and the “VEG” in vegetable is a great acronym for understanding where your blind spots in your thinking come from. Our blind spots are psychological biases created at the intersection of our Values, our Environment
Last week I blogged about 4 wrong questions that I saw organisations trying to answer and wasting opportunity while doing so. Why did they do so? Why do we not always kick the goals we plan on kicking? One very big answer is that we all have blind spots. They are inherent biases and research tells
Last week I blogged about a strategy being nothing but a hypothesis. It quickly became one of my most popular blogs. In it I stated that the biggest single failure of a strategy is because management is trying to answer the wrong question. This week I thought I’d give you a sample of 4 wrong