I'm continuing to write stuff about strategy development because I really like strategy development. This week looking at why and how to diagnose problems as the foundation of strategy. stractics.substack.com/p/diagnosis-...

Diagnosis is everything

Or.... testing your mental models

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In a weekend of very strong album releases this is a very good one Go and buy it

Dr. Sausages M.D.@drsausagesmd.bsky.social · 2w ago

Well the reviews are in. "Iron man is excellent" Finger wolf "It's Krell music" Mrs Sausages "Mike insists on calling me 'Sexy Keith' in the shout outs, so the least I can do is buy his albums" Sexy Keith "Having a bit of a week" Bob Fischer mikedickinson.bandcamp.com/album/the-ir...

As middle aged men do I decided to start a Substack. A substack to talk about the exciting world of strategy development. Which is exciting, actually. My first post is about why organisations need a strategy. stractics.substack.com/p/why-do-you...

Why do you need a strategy?

Organisational strategy just isn’t that popular anymore.

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"These potatoes should be much bigger......" Yeah, whatever Andy Burnham. Is he really going to keep this up until it's the next person's turn?

Well at least there won't be loads of fireworks at midnight tonight now the Government have stepped in

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's commitment to "pay what you want" is a great thing. Anyway. New album today. Give them some money for it kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/alien-...

Alien Metal, by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

8 track album

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Many years ago, when I first started writing for The Dark Side (Britain's oldest horror mag) we had a bit of a friendly pub quiz rivalry with Empire magazine for a while. We kept losing though. Until one week we discovered a secret weapon. /1

priscilla page@priscillapage.bsky.social · 2w ago

that's right, Bruce Campbell www.mensjournal.com/entertainmen...

I don't believe the police tell people about plots to "embarrass" them

As middle aged men do I decided to start a Substack. A substack to talk about the exciting world of strategy development. Which is exciting, actually. My first post is about why organisations need a strategy. stractics.substack.com/p/why-do-you...

Why do you need a strategy?

Organisational strategy just isn’t that popular anymore.

stractics.substack.com

Somebody in this field has sent just someone back to their house round the corner to gather colanders with the exhortation: AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, CHECK THE WENDY HOUSE

A handy bit of cloud

I saw my 13yr old neice and nephew yesterday. They've no interest in politics, they're thirteeen. But they are both massive Zohran Mamdani fans. That's reach

Can't we just dig Dobby up and bury him somewhere more convenient?

An organisation's inability to distinguish between destructive non-compliance and grassroots innovation is rarely a case of intentional malice; rather, it is a structural byproduct of how institutions are designed. ▸ https://lttr.ai/At5I6

What I really miss is drinking beer indoors. In a pub. With a roof. I've had enough of sitting on a hard wooden bench next to some bins.

The Katmai national park live stream of brown bears trying to catch salmon is a great thing. I've spent entirely too much time watching it. But...I've learned that brown bears are terrible at catching salmon. They don't appear to employ any sensible plan and catch very few salmon

[James Stewart as Odysseus] now listen here, Agamemnon, I'm going home, y'see. You keep your fancy armour, I'm getting off this crummy ol' beach. [Spotting the Cyclops] now here's a curious fella, he's only got one peeper

Bandcamp fee-free Friday is a good thing. Clearly, artists like it. But I've just got 53 emails in the last hour telling me about Bandcamp Friday "offers". That's not really functional

Trying out long trousers today. I like them. I'm so bored of seeing my knees

This is obviously discrimination against trans people. But the people who will be most impacted are women who some perceive to be masculine. Trans people make up a tiny proportion of the population. The majority of people being challenged will not be trans. A situation where everyone loses

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 3w ago

EHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rules www.channel4.com/news/ehrc-ch...

Excellent lamb souvlaki in the sunshine in the fabulous new garden at Greek Aura in Moseley - a lovely way to spend a summer evening with family.

One thing video games have over film is collecting shards. Regardless of how big Christopher Nolan goes with his camera, his movies will never allow us to collect shards.

Here's an extract from a short film all about us. Founder Daz Wright and his wife Emma talk about what they think this ukulele group is really all about. Watch the whole thing (<10mins) at www.errolbrown.co.uk/moselele-3/

In years to come the think tank reports ok what Number 10 North didn't work are going to be...... I was going to say fascinating but that might be a bit much. I'll go with interesting

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · last mo.

Number 10 North already making a tangible difference! www.ft.com/content/cdb3...

Lots happening in #Moseley tomorrow! 🌿 🛍️ Farmers’ & Arts Market from 9am 🎨 Blue Moon Makers Market (Moseley Exchange) 10am–3pm 🕊️ Dovecote & Ice House open 1–4pm Plus, the lavender and sensory bed are buzzing with bees and butterflies. 🐝🦋💚

Got pulled over for a random "scan and go" audit in Waitrose and it was the most guilty I've ever felt. Absolutely sweating. The fact I hadn't nicked anything was probably in my favour

Arrgghhh. I get so frustrated with media discussions on the criminal justice system. It’s unfair to ask victims to reflect on a complex justice system. One thing is true.. we lock up more people in this country than most other European countries. We have also seen significant sentence inflation.

The police destroyed this man's bike because they could spin the wheels round really fast. How could anyone have invented such a stupid test? Illegal electric motorbikes are not that hard to find www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Birmingham man's legal e-bike seized and destroyed by police in error

The BBC finds the bike was legal and supplied as part of a scheme to reduce pollution in the city.

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Hearing rumour that Andy's demanded each of his senior ministers get out earning straight away. Parking meters, banks, bookies. He doesn't care, just so long as cash starts rolling in.