For those who struggle in scarcity, a clear admission of ambition or desire feels like a failure. The gap between the lofty future and the meagre present can seem soul-destroying. Yet NetGain frequently presses and finds the lofty goal is actually not that precious or even necessary to the client’s real goal, nor that the…
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Affordable housing is never a bad idea. Or is it?
You know what’s wrong with good ideas? They demand that we shed our preconceptions and act on a new premise. You cannot with sincerity say, “what a great idea!” without next thinking, “we really ought to try that”. Because of that compulsion to act, the best ideas often remain undeclared, are politely ignored, or are…
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How Canada’s drinking problem can help the cannabis industry
For some reason, the universe seems to be provoking me. I had laid to rest the topic of disruption as a component of strategy development. In particular, my argument was that profound cultural change happens at its own pace, and cannabis industry efforts to accelerate consumer acceptance of pot, as a recreational alternative to alcohol,…
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action bias: ailment or prescription?
Lately, and by lately, I mean over the past year or so, my recommendations to clients have often been more urgent than they would have liked. Also, in my long-term projects, interactions with large corporations, including bureaucratic government agencies, have obliged me to hurry others to reach foregone conclusions, to complete the logic of obvious…
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