Jake Hoban·Dec 17, 2025From anxiety to agencyWhere I work, I’m surrounded by many highly intelligent people doing impressive things — and at the same time I often notice a high degree…
Jake Hoban·Apr 4, 2024Where does your compass point?Everyone needs a way to find their bearings and decide which direction to go in. How do you do that when the old ways don’t work any more…A response icon3A response icon3
Jake Hoban·Mar 13, 2024Parts, wholes, and puzzlesIt’s probably a sign of ageing, but I’ve been getting into jigsaw puzzles (albeit with the help of a younger generation with better…A response icon2A response icon2
Jake Hoban·Jan 8, 2024Change, agents and theoriesI haven’t written here for a while. Most of the impetus for my writing has come from things I’ve observed in my work — and I haven’t been…
Jake Hoban·Jun 9, 2023Complexity eats everything for breakfastI went to a breakfast meeting of business leaders — the kind where everyone has the words “chief” or “head” in their title. The topic was…A response icon2A response icon2
Jake Hoban·May 30, 2023Depth, contrast and multiple perspectivesI had the good fortune to see an exhibition of Vermeer’s paintings at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Like all great art, they have something…A response icon1A response icon1
Jake Hoban·May 17, 2023Embracing wicked problemsOr how to stop looking for solutions, make sense of a situation and do the next right thingA response icon4A response icon4
Jake Hoban·Feb 6, 2023Pathological what now?The phrase “computer says no” has become ubiquitous (at least wherever people have watched Little Britain) as a shorthand for bureaucratic…
Jake Hoban·Feb 6, 2023Purported purposes, and real onesA friend of mine was recently told she was being made redundant. It was all done by the book — a meeting with the line manager, attended…
Jake Hoban·Feb 2, 2023Visual before verbal, sensing before speakingI was asked to take on management of a program that had been running for a couple of years and was suffering from a lack of direction…
