Mr Lewis

Tag: military

  • Geographically Embarrassed Businesses

    Geographically Embarrassed. Its a euphemism for being lost. Whenever you go wandering about in the bush on an Army exercise, individuals or groups are sure to get lost. In my my experience, the first assumption made when you realise you are lost is that the map was wrong. Unfortunately it almost never is. The army…

  • Getting more done in lean times

    Last week I wrote an email that started off with “Sorry I’ve taken a while to get back to you, I have been swamped lately”.  Not the first time I have written those words lately, and I don’t reckon I’m an orphan either.  Because the GFC, like any garden variety recession, always seem to end…

  • Failing or Flailing?

    In the late 80’s when I was training to be an Army Reserve Officer, one of the major training (and leadership development) techniques that had a major impact on me was ownership of failure.  If you taught a lesson and more than a handful of people failed the quick test at the end, then you…