Come on board!

This week I was invited to work on two new projects that at first glance could not be more different.

One is to design a highly scientific four-week 'new hire' training programme for pharma sales reps from nine smaller European markets. The other to direct a one-woman theatre show to be staged in London then Brighton then finally at the Edinburgh Fringe.

However, because both projects predate my involvement I'm discovering many parallels. For example, having to accept that cogent lessons have been learned away from my direct experience. Or that a poorly articulated vision is different from the absence of one. Or that I have to take as much responsibility here as I would for a project where I've been involved since conception.

In other words, playing nicely with others.