The dilemma of emergence

Success may look like
Failure in the middle, but
Then so does failure


22/12/10

Cutting Satire

Cost cutting targets
Lead to new forms to be filled;
The bureaucrat smiles

Between a rock and a hard place

Fear, uncertainty, doubt
Make it hard to overcome
Fear, uncertainty, doubt



21/10/10
Martin Locock

By a thousand cuts

Welfare budgets slashed :
Plunging a knife to the heart
Of social justice

Tomorrow is another day

Planning horizons,
Alas, rarely conceal a
Far happier dawn


1/9/10

Decisions, decisions

We face a stark choice:
Death or annihilation
Let us choose wisely

29/8/10

Caution : Absence Management Programme Ahead

Sickness levels rise;
Interventions increase stress :
A vicious circle?

The Fallacy of Centralisation

Scale economies -
Rationale for service cuts :
Informed by blind faith

Actuarial report

Fourteen thousand days,
On average, left to me:
Try not to waste them


27/7/10

Martin Locock

Leadership for Dummies

Dash of charisma,
Vision, conviction, and drive :
A textbook leader

Resistance Runs Deep

The antibodies
Lie hidden deep within me;
I'm immune to change

Psychological profiles

Some are limited
By their self doubt, and some by
Their self-confidence


4/7/10

Lean Poetry

Eliminate waste!
Don't write sonnets or ballads -
Haiku adds value

Cog in the machine

Corporate culture:
If it is at fault, then it
Is partly my fault

2/7/10

Martin Locock

The open door policy

The mark of a good
Manager: always busy
Never too busy

30/3/10

Time flies

Recall the teacher's
Wise refrain: the time that you're
Wasting is your own

30/3/10