Impetus
Tiny tactics for making progress
Will be published approx. on 23. February 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
236 pages
978-1-80576-018-4 (ISBN)
Description
Ground to a halt? What you need is Impetus.
Everyone gets stuck at some point in their working day. You don't know what to do next - or you do know, but just don't want to do it. And maybe there's no one there who can help.
This is a book for that moment.
Whatever's keeping you stuck - constraints, resistance, objections, ignorance, panic, boredom, weariness - Impetus offers you a compendium of practical and manageable actions for the quick next step that will get you unstuck. Small wins that will give you the momentum to get going, and keep going, so you can do the work that matters.
Including a simple diagnostic tool to help you to choose the right tactic, real examples that show how it will help you and notes on the science to explain why, this book will get you moving again with confidence.
Kathryn Bishop CBE FRSA is a director, NED, educator and consultant who has worked with teams in the public, private and voluntary sectors to get difficult things done. She has distilled into this book everything she has ever tried that worked to make progress with those problems.
Everyone gets stuck at some point in their working day. You don't know what to do next - or you do know, but just don't want to do it. And maybe there's no one there who can help.
This is a book for that moment.
Whatever's keeping you stuck - constraints, resistance, objections, ignorance, panic, boredom, weariness - Impetus offers you a compendium of practical and manageable actions for the quick next step that will get you unstuck. Small wins that will give you the momentum to get going, and keep going, so you can do the work that matters.
Including a simple diagnostic tool to help you to choose the right tactic, real examples that show how it will help you and notes on the science to explain why, this book will get you moving again with confidence.
Kathryn Bishop CBE FRSA is a director, NED, educator and consultant who has worked with teams in the public, private and voluntary sectors to get difficult things done. She has distilled into this book everything she has ever tried that worked to make progress with those problems.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Tadley
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80576-018-4 (9781805760184)
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Person
Kathryn Bishop CBE FRSA is a director, NED, educator and consultant who has worked with teams in the public, private and voluntary sectors to get difficult things done. She has led organizational change, implemented new systems and processes and responded to crises. As an Associate Fellow at the Said Business School at the University of Oxford, she has worked with leaders from across the world to help them to address the challenges they face.
Kathryn's previous books include Make Your Own Map: career success strategies for women (2021), and the award-winning Board Talk: 18 crucial conversations that count inside and outside the boardroom (2023). She has also written articles for a wide range of publications, as well as a prize-winning case study for business schools. Her website is Kathryn-bishop.com and her Wikipedia page is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Bishop.
Kathryn's previous books include Make Your Own Map: career success strategies for women (2021), and the award-winning Board Talk: 18 crucial conversations that count inside and outside the boardroom (2023). She has also written articles for a wide range of publications, as well as a prize-winning case study for business schools. Her website is Kathryn-bishop.com and her Wikipedia page is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Bishop.
Content
Table of Contents
Introduction
Being Stuck: what and why?
The power of a tactic
Rethinking
Re-motivating yourself
Resources for doing
Choosing and reviewing
Start by starting
Risks and Benefits
How to choose your next step
Tactics to choose from
Rethinking
Name and explain
Talk to a specialist
Find a similar problem elsewhere
Try Free writing - unlock your intuition
Think creatively- Use a metaphor
Reschedule
Go back to first principles
Change the objective
Define the Minimum Viable Product
Get more data
Check your assumptions
Examine your biases
Ask more and better questions
Use your superpower
Get on the balcony
Lower your standards
Change the format
Set yourself some metrics
Re-motivating yourself
Change your environment
Find a short fun distraction
Take a break
Sleep on it
Quit - walk away
Face it: No-one is coming to help
Fake it: pretend its going well
Focus: what really matters here?
Stick with it
Understand what motivates you
Get some feedback
Plan your Rewards
Eat something
Resources for doing
Share the problem
Work with a coach
Outsource it
Bring in expertise from outside
Delegate it re-allocate the task
Pedal harder - try it again
Experiment
Ask AI
Find the procedure manual
Fire, ready, aim
Rearrange your day
Batch your work
Plan to pause
Switch to a different task
Afterword
Future Propulsion; Reflecting
Permissions
Introduction
Being Stuck: what and why?
The power of a tactic
Rethinking
Re-motivating yourself
Resources for doing
Choosing and reviewing
Start by starting
Risks and Benefits
How to choose your next step
Tactics to choose from
Rethinking
Name and explain
Talk to a specialist
Find a similar problem elsewhere
Try Free writing - unlock your intuition
Think creatively- Use a metaphor
Reschedule
Go back to first principles
Change the objective
Define the Minimum Viable Product
Get more data
Check your assumptions
Examine your biases
Ask more and better questions
Use your superpower
Get on the balcony
Lower your standards
Change the format
Set yourself some metrics
Re-motivating yourself
Change your environment
Find a short fun distraction
Take a break
Sleep on it
Quit - walk away
Face it: No-one is coming to help
Fake it: pretend its going well
Focus: what really matters here?
Stick with it
Understand what motivates you
Get some feedback
Plan your Rewards
Eat something
Resources for doing
Share the problem
Work with a coach
Outsource it
Bring in expertise from outside
Delegate it re-allocate the task
Pedal harder - try it again
Experiment
Ask AI
Find the procedure manual
Fire, ready, aim
Rearrange your day
Batch your work
Plan to pause
Switch to a different task
Afterword
Future Propulsion; Reflecting
Permissions