The other day I was discussing with Tom Gilb my approach for breaking out of black and white thinking. I was saying that when presented with two undesirable options it’s … Continue reading Escaping black and white thinking—in pictures
Category: Risk and uncertainty
Seeking alignment of the stars
A while back I read an article about the hit 1997 Nintendo game GoldenEye, and it was notable how one of its key software developers didn’t rush to take too … Continue reading Seeking alignment of the stars
The benefits of a second class mind
The other day I was discussing with a friend the collapse in value of the pound brought about by a prime minister and chancellor who launched a significant, sudden and … Continue reading The benefits of a second class mind
Owning cyber risk
Some time ago I got talking to a colleague about “ownership” of risks. Now I don’t like the idea of a risk as a tangible thing that can be counted … Continue reading Owning cyber risk
Security is for our customers
I was once working with a very large organisation helping deliver a new online service. As we were going through the first project phase we were linked up with an … Continue reading Security is for our customers
When it’s difficult to decide
I discovered the other day about the etymology of the word “decide”. The “de-” comes from the Latin for “off”, and the “-cide” is from the same word that’s found … Continue reading When it’s difficult to decide
Have you considered your reward profile?
I’ve written previously about the importance of talking about reward alongside talk of risk. Risk (in practical conversation) is a discussion of negatives. But we can only consider negatives if … Continue reading Have you considered your reward profile?
“How can we stop this happening again?”
It’s an unavoidable reality that bad things happen. I work a lot with software engineering and systems operations teams, and there have been too many times when someone had detected … Continue reading “How can we stop this happening again?”
Transformation as a game of chess
Last week I spoke to my friend Kevin Gohil, and he introduced me to the phrase “adaptive operating model”. Many people talk about a “target operating model”, which is what … Continue reading Transformation as a game of chess
Tweaking the variables of transparency
I’m a big fan of openness and transparency; hiding things creates extra work, and showing others what’s going on in our world can allow them to help us, or at … Continue reading Tweaking the variables of transparency
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