Shades of Grey

Small differences can be important.

On a cold morning back in January, I was on Poole Quay, asking fishermen about skills.

Weeks later, I drove to a remote Dorset village hall, to listen to a group of farmers.

I doorstepped builders and spoke to web designers.

Why? All in the name of research for the Dorset LSIP.

Dorset Local Skills Improvement Plan

Last Friday, my colleagues delivered some of these research findings to a group of stakeholders…

Slide from the LSIP Workshop Presentation

There was nuance in the research findings.

Did you switch off after reading that headline?

I don’t blame you.

We don’t have time for nuance these days. If you’re in business. You live in a black-and-white world:

• Lead / Sale
• Profit / Loss
• Good / Bad feedback.

We’re so busy, it’s hard to be nuanced. But sometimes, it’s all about nuance.

Here’s what I mean: