Paul Every

Supporting business operations and strategic change. Founder and director of Solitaire Consulting Ltd.

Website: http://www.solitaireconsulting.com

Twitter: @paulevery


“[T]here are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don’t know.” ...

For this month’s edition of  ’the changing times’, the bi-monthly newsletter from my consultancy network The Lamberhurst Corporation, click here. In this edition we have some articles which include:- New Mergers and Acquisitions Group An ...

A while ago (click here), I stated that to be successful a business must have a vision of where it wants to go; it must be passionate about what it does and it must get on and do something about it – i.e. there must be action! I was reminded of this ...

“The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn’t think they could learn before, and so in ...

The change equation was first developed by Richard Beckhard and Reuben Harris, based on an idea by David Gleicher.  It is a great tool for focussing a team when planning a major change and can always be relied upon to act as a catalyst for discussion. I ...

Project Portfolio Management (PPM).

“Efficiency is doing better what is already being done. Effectiveness is deciding what to do better.” (Source: Peter F Drucker) In times of economic uncertainty organisations generally become very cost-conscious.  Lots of time and effort can be spent on ...

Here is the latest version of my consulting networks newsletter “the changing times”. This month the main feature is an article by Rod Hare on “How to find growth in a flat market”, which provides some useful tips for all types of ...

I only found out this morning that today (November 23rd) is National Freelancers Day 2011.  It is the third such day with the aim of promoting the benefits that freelancers bring to British industry. It’s all about Flexibility, Capability, Agility, ...

In my last post I described The Lamberhurst Employee Engagement Wheel which recognises that the question ‘are your employees engaged?’ is somewhat meaningless unless you also ask ‘engaged with what?’  The wheel identifies 11 facets ...