Mel Clifford

Workplace & Culture

Observations, stories, ideas — and the occasional poem. A new entry most weeks.

Business has never been about spreadsheets

Processes and systems matter. But whether anything actually changes always comes down to the people in the room.

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The savvy child in the boardroom

Children are honest, curious and direct. Somewhere between the playground and the boardroom, most of us learn not to be. What...

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Mel’s weekly note

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One thoughtful email from Mel each week — a new Journal entry, a story, an observation, now and then a poem.