‘Normal’ is merely habit
And some habits absolutely deserve to be broken

Empowerment is great but it comes with boundaries that limit its practical effect for those NOT at the top.
The Top are accountable for the big impact stuff. It’s time we hold them to it.

Reminds me that true power is not the flashy upfront in your face stuff, it’s the behind the scenes director controlling the performance…

Opportunity costs and assumptions definitely make asses out of you, me, and everyone else in those Very Important Meetings…

I’m convinced that procurement systems are actually lending systems: I’m lending my labour, time, and outstanding invoices until such time as they feel like paying me
Don’t even try to change my mind

It should not be a case of die another day, because legacy mainframes will crash and burn - no matter what’s holding it together - at the most inconvenient moment guaranteed

Also Cousin G is a legend, absolute trooper. We ❤️ a fighter.

This Little Miss is everywhere in financial services. She can't quite understand why she's undervalued compared to her male counterparts and no one can explain it to her properly. Someone's told her it's going to take more than 100 years for her to get paid the same. #IWD2024

Louder, for those in the back

KPIs are a bridge between teams, if done right. If not, they’re a means to isolation and failure. Sucks to be you, Warren…

Robust, reliable, and real
I sat in a room yesterday talking about a thing that IS real and yet half the group still resisted that it was worth going BEYOND their comfort zone to the other thing that is ALSO real
It was a room full of Adrians

Asking for help is a superpower.
Accepting it even more so.
That was an uncomfortable truth years ago; these days it’s a comfort.

It’s an infrastructure question, not a ‘digital’ question these days
Can you handle a data sharing economy play or not, that’s the question
‘Fintech’ as a term needs to be updated, it’s lost its meaning

Amazing what honesty does for those who know the value of playing the long game.

#LedaWrites
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Adaptability is the only term that matters: it’s not the x-tech label that means anything, it’s the ability to adapt to market needs/wants/indicators

But that ain’t a catchy term (or a catch all term at that) and it ain’t sexy so…

When #fintech was young & new & we all knew each other…
Nearly 2 decades later it’s multi-disciplinary & in its awkward adolescence
But it’s still a #crazytrain & it’s always a Time of Stress
And a lot of us are on this ride for life because there’s still work to be done

Less is more only in fashion and makeup. Truth.
Doing more with less only gets you less. Even bigger truth.

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If they go ahead with this, it will be unconscionable. Unconscionable. Not just preventing Brits from coming home with a foreign partner, but actively breaking up British families *who already live together in the country*. independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

Access to credit is a game changer for the vulnerable.
And for those still unfamiliar with the economic theory set forth by Sir Terry Pratchett in his Discworld series (all of it), read it.
It touches on empathy, compassion, and acceptance, too.