Spring Statement summary
Readable, accessible, and independent view on the Chancellor’s statement. Big implications for budget assumptions around cost inflation and earned income potential as disposable incomes fall.
Managing in uncertainty
McKinsey have pulled together a useful series of blogs and podcasts on how to think about and act in these uncertain times. I particularly liked the six problem solving mindsets for those days when my brain is stuck in a rut.
1 Be ever curious
2 Tolerate ambiguity – and stay humble
3 Take a dragonfly view (they have large compound eyes with thousands of lenses)
4 Pursue occurrent behaviour (what actually happens rather than what was predicted)
5 Tap into collective intelligence and the wisdom of the crowd
6 Show and tell to drive action
Sustaining hope in uncertain times
Great practical advice on how to practice hope
When things look bleak, remaining hopeful is one of our toughest and most essential self-management tasks. It’s tough because it requires a delicate balance of accepting that we cannot know the future, while believing things will be better than the present. It’s essential because when hope is lost, so, too, is our will to endure and ultimately prevail.
Living in a liminal age: seven practices for resilience
A long, thoughtful, and challenging piece from Justine Huxley at St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace.
Innovation in self-managed organisations
A self-managed (or managerless) organisation – a collection of people responsible for looking after the assets, capital, products/services, mission, purpose and interesting things to do in making people’s lives easier, better and more fulfilling – and without a ton of bureaucracy, controlism and power dynamics.
Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child
If you haven’t already caught this it is well worth a visit. On at the Hayward until 15th May 2022.