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Rohan Light

Rohan Light

I help the good build the worthwhile. Doing #progressive, thinking #resilience, learning #DataOps, reading #history, governing #data, loving #physics

Productivity is the First Test of Management

Productivity is the First Test of Management

The purpose of this blog is to capture my thoughts about the current state and future direction of the profession of management. The first test of management is how productive a business is under their care. Productivity is an awful word. It bedevils business professionals. But we have to come

My Pi-spective on Curiosity

My Pi-spective on Curiosity

(A pi-spective is where you write about something in 314 words) In a world replete with ready answers and easy explanations, being curious can be hard work. The analytics industry is all about finding answers. Google is only a few taps away. A flotilla of listicles provide us with the

Objectives Are About What You Create

Objectives Are About What You Create

The word ‘objective’ is relatively new in the sense we use in business, emerging as a French military term in the mid 19th Century. It originated as an adjective, which meant it needed a noun to make sense. An ‘objective’ is relative to the object. It took on a noun

My Pi-Spective on Authenticity

My Pi-Spective on Authenticity

(A pi-spective is where you write about something in 314 words) There's a lot of this word 'authenticity' going around in leadership circles at the moment. In management if something is worth doing, then someone will overdo it. There's an influential school of leadership

A Business Decision is an Exercise in Humanity

A Business Decision is an Exercise in Humanity

We all like to be successful. Being successful in business makes us feel fantastic. We want more success in life as a general rule. Because of this we tend to try and do more of what made us successful. But when we repeat what we gave us success yesterday, we

My Pi-Spective on Humility

My Pi-Spective on Humility

(A pi-spective is where you write about something in 314 words) Humility is such a hard thing to get right. We place ourselves in the centre of the events of our lives. Often times we're simply bit part players. But we don't like the implications of

Senior Leaders Have One Decision to Make

Senior Leaders Have One Decision to Make

Business organizations are decision making networks. To ‘organize’ is to construct or establish. The word comes from ‘organ’ which has a confused etymology. It surfaces in the Greek as an ‘implement, a tool for making or doing’. It had a strong association to musical instruments. Which is helpful because the