The Autonomous Enterprise

  • Good design is unobtrusive
    By Kirsten Gibbs on August 23, 2019

    Design Principle number 5.

    Good design is unobtrusive
  • Autonomy
    By Kirsten Gibbs on August 22, 2019

    Pass it on.

    Autonomy
  • Fluff
    By Kirsten Gibbs on August 5, 2019

    Fluff - it's stronger than it looks.

    Fluff
  • Increasing revenues
    By Kirsten Gibbs on August 2, 2019

    Profit = Revenue - Cost. How to increase revenues.

    Increasing revenues
  • Calculating Capacity
    By Kirsten Gibbs on August 1, 2019

    From one simple measure - so much information.

    Calculating Capacity
  • Performance – costs and revenues
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 31, 2019

    Profit = Revenue - Cost. But how do you accurately measure cost?

    Performance – costs and revenues
  • Good feedback
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 30, 2019

    How to give good feedback.

    Good feedback
  • Effort
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 29, 2019

    How to get results.

    Effort
  • Parasparopagraho Jīvānām
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 26, 2019

    Partial expression of the truth.

    Parasparopagraho Jīvānām
  • Tailor-made
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 25, 2019

    Bespoke is sometimes seen as a risky option, especially for software.   But it depends where the 'bespokeness' is.  

    Tailor-made
  • 10 years old
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 23, 2019

    What happened when you were 10?

    10 years old
  • What makes the best process? Everyone.
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 22, 2019

    The best process is one that everyone will use and improve of their own accord.

    What makes the best process? Everyone.
  • What makes a good Process? Let the person be the judge
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 19, 2019

    A process is a prompt, not a prescription.

    What makes a good Process? Let the person be the judge
  • What makes a good Process? A Map and a Compass
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 18, 2019

    You need both to be sure of getting to the right place.

    What makes a good Process?  A Map and a Compass
  • What makes a good Process? Responsibility and Resources
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 17, 2019

    Get the responsibility and resources in place so people can just get on with it.

    What makes a good Process? Responsibility and Resources
  • What makes a good Process? Clarity of purpose.
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 16, 2019

    Dedicated to achieving a single outcome.

    What makes a good Process? Clarity of purpose.
  • What makes a good Process? Simplicity.
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 15, 2019

    As simple as possible, but no simpler.

    What makes a good Process? Simplicity.
  • The Joy of Tax
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 12, 2019

    The Joy of Different Perspectives.

    The Joy of Tax
  • Happy Birthday
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 4, 2019

    James Lovelock is 100 years old today.

    Happy Birthday
  • Research
    By Kirsten Gibbs on July 3, 2019

    What questions would you ask of Accounting?

    Research