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Creating cultures in which teams thrive

Formula 1 – the ultimate team

March 26, 2018 expandingboxLeave a comment

When I ask people to tell me what they think is a great team I often get given back the example of a Formula 1 team.  But I don’t agree.

F1 pit-crewRead More »

Cynefin and The Beast…

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 expandingbox1 Comment

…from the East

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Icy walking and the collapse into chaos

The Beast from the East (with a side order of Storm Emma) turned my home town into a friction-free zone on Friday. Rain on top of snow, freezing on contact, left roads, pavements and driveways covered in smooth, clear ice thick enough to skate on.  Read More »

Who’s in charge here?

ImageFebruary 13, 2018February 27, 2018 expandingboxLeave a comment

When a lifeboat gets called to a vessel needing help it is often necessary to place a lifeboat crew member on board to help out. So when, for example, a sailing boat requests assistance and I jump on board from a big, reassuring, orange boat – who’s in charge?

Don’t Confuse Precision with Accuracy

February 8, 2018February 14, 2018 expandingbox1 Comment

I’ve just read a thread from @RonJeffries in which he talks, as eloquently as ever, about precision.Read More »

SMEACs and SitReps

February 2, 2018February 2, 2018 expandingbox1 Comment

“OK, can you give me a SitRep?”, said the lifeboat inspector to me, years ago out one evening on the Inshore Lifeboat (ILB).Read More »

The Sharpie:Marker ratio

January 24, 2018February 20, 2018 expandingbox1 Comment

I forget where, but a few days ago I was reading a thread asking for suggestions about fun, or at least tongue-in-cheek, metrics that could be collected in your organisation.  Read More »

On Constraints…

January 12, 2018February 14, 2018 expandingboxLeave a comment

Why is ‘nothing ever simple’?  I find myself saying it often, frequently to my children, but I don’t believe it.  Some stuff is definitely simple – we’ve done it before, we know how it works, we can do it again.  Easy.Read More »

Expanding Box? Uh?

January 12, 2018October 30, 2018 expandingboxLeave a comment

Why call myself ‘Expanding Box’?  Good question…

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I’ve been proud to be involved with the Swanage Lifeboat crew for the whole of this century and have Read More »

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Expanding Box consultants is a small (very small) company that aims to help engineering organisations to build cultures in which teams can thrive.

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Recent Posts

  • A Team in Ten Minutes November 14, 2018
  • Top Ten Tips for Talkers October 30, 2018
  • Enshrined in a Sketchnote October 17, 2018
  • My Mate Liz… October 1, 2018
  • What reasons could there be for the observations that you see? September 10, 2018

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