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
• 1st Step To Managing Yourself: Behaviours
• 2nd Step To Managing Yourself: Paradigms
• 3rd Step To Managing Yourself: Maturity
• 4th Step To Managing Yourself: Character
• 5th Step To Managing Yourself: 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

My aim is to publish new articles at least monthly, if not more frequently.