Is it possible for everyone in a company to have the same power to make decisions as the CEO? A year and a half ago I wrote an article about…
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The advice process – definition and usage tips
One of the immediately interesting ideas I picked up from Reinventing Organizations (and since have discovered in other places, like Joy at Work) is the “Advice Process”. This is a decision model that…
How to write good startup advice articles
This article was originally published on swombat.com in early 2011. Startup articles, much like some other content niches, have a tendency to be addictive but content-free. Everyone is guilty of…
GitHub: The quiet death of one man’s dream
When I first read Reinventing Organizations, Frédéric Laloux’s excellent study of open culture organisations around the world, I remember being moved and puzzled by the tale of AES. AES was…
Culture must be grown step by step
As the amount of literature about open cultures grows, it’s tempting to want to go straight for what is perceived as a final prize or destination, and just “implement a full-blown…
Open Cultures
When you get started down the open culture path, you will be tempted to give up. In fact, this will happen over and over along the way, many, many times….
On my way to work, Ep 1 – Huddles
So I thought I might have a go at recording a kind of videocast on my way to work. Let’s call it “On my way to work”, for now. The…
Productised Services
This article was originally published in 3 parts on swombat.com in December 2011. One of the most fundamental decisions when deciding to start a company is whether you will sell…
An injured man on a bike
First, I felt some shame that I’d been fooled so easily. The man on a bike had approached me from the street while I was on the pavement. He was…
My life in Accenture before startups
This was originally posted on swombat.com in June 2011. I regularly get asked about my time in Accenture, and my transition into entrepreneurship, both by people who are trying to…