Farmers worries – Up horn, down corn?
Of farmers’ worries we can safely claim to have a better understanding than most. Farming is a classic example of home, business and personal life intersecting, and any arable farmer who is not worried at present is either very lucky or brilliantly farsighted.
Have yourself a merry little Christmas. . .
If you loathe Christmas you are not alone (or you may be alone, and that’s the problem. . . ). 20% of UK adults (more men than women) claim to dislike Christmas, and the antipathy appears to increase with age.
Catastrophe theory, or slippery slope?
Catastrophe Theory is an amusing mathematical wheeze which posits an abrupt and probably unexpected switch. Developed by French mathematician René Thom in the 1960s, it describes how a relatively balanced state can shift in a dramatic, sudden way – a surprising and significant change in behaviour rather than a gradual variation.
You cannot erase remembered pain
Fred Hertzberg was an American psychologist well known in the 60s for his sensible theories and recommendations around job satisfaction and productivity.
Failure, Fault and Blame
Ah, this old hobby horse. If only more people rode it (dodgy metaphor, but let it go). Mostly, the meanings and values seem to be misunderstood.
Father Brown
G.K. Chesterton’s character Father Brown was inclined to say “It isn’t that they can’t see the solution; it is that they can’t see the problem”. Gosh, isn’t that so often what humans do?
Keeping staff informed. If not, why not?
If you’re an employee, do you know what’s going on?
If you’re a manager, do you share with your team?
If a business is not doing well, one of the best ways to accelerate its demise is to keep schtum.
We have seen this so often, where managers feel that the staff cannot be trusted with sensitive information.
What you can’t put in the book
In a discussion about biographies somebody said “The problem with the autobiography is that you can’t include the important truths until everybody is dead – and that includes the author”.
Your business plan
If you would appreciate an opinion on your business plan, do consider carefully as to who is likely to be your best consigliere and who might not be quite the ticket, even if they are good chums.
Problem for the Social Prescriber
Social prescribing became part of national NHS policy in 2019 but only quite recently have professional practitioners appeared in general practice.
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