Howell-Peak, Richard Howell-Peak Two types of set-backs If you've spent enough time adulting, then you've probably had to move house at least once or twice. Nothing can prepare you for the unholy shock of packing up a house you've spent a few years filling... 16 Sept 2026 Strategy
Howell-Peak, Richard Howell-Peak Do one thing at a time I've been quite surprised by the results I got this last couple of weeks by really forcing myself to keep a new discipline - just doing one thing at a time. As someone who runs my own business, manage... 4 Sept 2026 Strategy
Howell-Peak, Richard Howell-Peak Docker secrets management So if you've had any experience with docker you will realise the awesome power of having an image you can deploy into multiple environments and pass in different configuration options to it. Typically... 13 Nov 2025 Software
Howell-Peak, Richard Howell-Peak Benefits of ERP systems First of all What are ERP systems The acronym traditionally stood for "Enterprise Resource Planning", but in a nutshell what it gives you is a single integrated system for handling business administra... 12 Nov 2025 Software
Howell-Peak, Richard Howell-Peak Economic Reconfiguration I don't play a lot of video games, but when I do it should come as no surprise that it will generally be strategy games. What inspired me to write this article was the game Victoria 3, which is set in... 11 Nov 2025 Economics
Howell-Peak, Richard Howell-Peak Margins and investment Some companies make better investments than others. One of the main signals to look for is the margins they operate on. Compare for example, a software company with a hairdressers. WARNING, there will... 11 Nov 2025 Economics
Howell-Peak, Richard Howell-Peak Demand is not price Not sure if you remember these things: which at the height of the NFT craze were changing hands upwards of $344,000 USD. At the time of writing you can pick them up for around $20,000 - and bear in mi... 9 Nov 2025 Economics
Howell-Peak, Richard Howell-Peak Why Agile Projects Fail We've all been through the cycle. Horrendous "waterfall" project management, with insane deadlines, endless crunching, overtime, stress, mistakes everywhere, only to finish up with a sub-standard prod... 6 Nov 2025 Software
Howell-Peak, Richard Howell-Peak Be careful listening to people on the internet Work hard, not smart. That's what they always say. Of course what they mean by that, is what I call the "inefficient engine metaphor". If I have an engine that is running at a measly 4 miles per gallo... 5 Nov 2025 Strategy
Howell-Peak, Richard Howell-Peak Why you are stressed Overworked? Procrastinating? We've all been there. It took me 4 weeks just to write this article :D Just kidding, I bashed this out in 20 minutes because I'm a fundamentally better person than you are... 4 Nov 2025 Strategy
Howell-Peak, Richard Howell-Peak Treat Your Relationships Like a Stock Portfolio Exchange is a two-way-street Often people are encouraged to think about ways in which they can offer value to others, but sometimes we need to think more deeply about the value other people are provid... 3 Nov 2025 Strategy
Howell-Peak, Richard Howell-Peak How to beat life Life is repetitive Very repetitive. You eat breakfast probably hundreds of times a year, drink coffee every day, go to the bathroom over and over again. This is probably the thousandth blog post you'v... 2 Nov 2025 Strategy