Publications
THE BUSINESS DESIGN ROVER
The Honesty Ratio
Perfection is a utopia. Pursue it anyway.
Jidoka: the quintessence of Lean
Metrics: are some more useful than others?
Ease of Use: what does it mean?
Scalability : the litmus test of robust processes
Safety: the cornerstone of future design
The four evolutions of successful process design
Simple processes are hard to design
Coronavirus pandemic: complex problem-solving in action
Process design for mass global events
Building the perfect ordering experience
Deming: beyond the PDCA cycle
Perspectives on LEAN
Who is the customer?
The value that informal personal groups can add to the workplace
Speed vs accuracy: the fundamental challenge for process design
Don’t let hidden pitfalls derail your Business Case
Loyalty cards: portals for customer experience
What is LEAN Process Improvement?
So — what do you do?
Participation — the next frontier in customer experience?
What is your dream career?
Products which call us back
Problem solving with LEAN
How to design for best customer fit
Should all volleyball become beach volleyball?
Designing for No
Customer Experience and Employee Experience: two sides of a coin
Products with alternative use cases
Reflections on Leadership: Picking Plums
Reflections on Leadership: Checkout operators who delight
How might we rescue obsolete products?
Mistake proofing in design
The best game I’ve ever played
Designing for public-facing services
When bad design ruins good intentions
Complicated or complex?
Human Centered Design: a “nano ” perspective
What is strategy?
The 9-minute takeaway coffee
In which direction is your process headed?
Are printers worth buying ink for?
Medium claps: hands or hearts?
Navigating a world where everyone knows everything
The flip side of good design
The fascinating world of queues
The Olympic medal tally: more than meets the eye
How to design a Fantastic business process
TOTAL FOOTBALL
An Interview with FPL Mate: your best mate for Fantasy League
Mexico ’70: A tournament of superlatives
VAR - it is now going too far?
Summer 2020 Transfer Window Review: Best Signings
The enduring appeal of AC Fiorentina
Messi-Exit: a win-win proposition?
Premier League 2019/20: a most unusual season
How competitive have the top European leagues been?
Coronavirus: a wake-up opportunity for football
Why Pele remains the greatest footballer of all time
What exactly is “beautiful” football?
2010–2019: A review of the most eclectic decade in football
The most fluctuating teams in the Premier League
AC Parma : a blast from the past
2019/20 Summer Transfer Window — more than meets the eye
Why Rinus Michels remains the greatest coach of all time
Relegation battles in the Premier League: the complete guide
English football clubs which have risen and fallen the most
Why are forwards prized in football?
The all-time greatest AC Milan XI
The role of Luck in football?
Fantasy League : the final third
Why AC Milan remains the greatest club side ever
How many goals will Messi score in his club career?
Football needs more paradigms, not records
Fantasy League: the story so far
Metatarsal fracture, ACL damage, LCL tear? What do football injuries mean?
Should headers be banned in football?
1988/89 season: When I met Football
Premier League Kit colors and sponsors
The best ever World Cup?
Problem solving lessons from the World Cup
Welcome to the VAR(ld) Cup 2018
The World Cup of information?
World Cup: what really counts?
World Cup: is it about teams or individuals?
A Champions League record or vanity metric?
Is the Serie A meaningless now?
The perplexing pedigree of Inter Milan
Neymar transfer: of world records, numbers and value
Which football club do you support?
GOAL POST SERIES
GoalPost #16: Data, Models and Statistics
GoalPost #15: Revisting Italia ‘90
GoalPost #14: Total Football Playlist
GoalPost #13: The Triskaideka edition
GoalPost #12: Sartorial excellence
GoalPost #11: Great reads
GoalPost #10: Green fields
GoalPost #9: Transformation
GoalPost #8: Test your football knowledge
GoalPost #7: Three fantastic football books to read
GoalPost #6: Formations, Tactics and Managers
GoalPost #5: Nicknames special
Goal Post #4: Money, Money, Money
Goal Post #3: Pele, Maldini, Cruyff — quotes special
Goal Post #2: Shirts, shirts and shirts
Goal Post #1: Telstar, logos and formations