Invest In Loss

Invest In Loss is a philosophy, and it does have a definite path from start to end. If this was a book instead of a blog, think of this as the contents page, and this list as the recommended reading order for learning the Invest In Loss philosophy.

You can also get a good idea of the future topics that will occur :)

Introduction

• The Old Book Is How You Got Into This Mess
• Management Is Not Optional
• The Difference Between Management And Leadership
• The Invest In Loss Philosophy From 20,000 Feet

You

• Your Very First Step As A Manager: Managing One
• 5 Steps To Managing Yourself: The Cycle Of Self Improvement
• Step 1: Behaviours
• Step 2: Introducing Paradigms
• Step 2: Evolving Paradigms
• Step 3: Maturity
• Step 4: Character
• Step 5: Invest In Loss
• How To Make The Cycle Work For You

First Principles

• Direction
• Organisation
• Supervision

Fundamentals

• Administration
• Capability
• Capacity
• Communication
• Consolidation
• Controls
• Decision Making
• Delegation
• Delivery
• Execution
• Intervention
• Measurement
• Modelling
• Preparation
• Technique

Memes

• Discuss Performance Not Problems
• Everyone Is Allowed To Succeed
• Have People Do Their Own Jobs, Not Other Peoples’
• If There’s Doubt, There Is No Doubt
• No Surprises
• One Spoonful At A Time
• Pipelines Go From A To B
• Repeat Or Reproduce Success
• Review In Private, Recommend In Public
• There’s No Such Thing As A Bad Worker, Only A Bad Manager
• You Rent People, You Do Not Own Them

Tools

• Action Plans
• Decision Gates
• Incident and Problem Management
• Project Plans
• Red Cards
• Requirements
• Risk Registers

New articles are published as and when I’m happy with the ideas they contain. The pace will be slow going at first, but will pick up as my own understanding of these ideas improves over time.