‘Passion is the Number 1 Business Development Tool’, says my friend Jesper Lowgren, author of On Purpose – the path to extraordinary business transformation. Passion is what drives engagement (both internally and externally) and leads to simplification through asking the
Keys to high performing teams part 4 – Good relationships
This is the fourth article in a series on 10 keys to high performing teams. You can see the original post here. The links between productivity and workplace relationships are so obvious they hardly need spelling out. You are much
Keys to high performing teams part 1 – have the right people in the right roles
This is the first of a promised series of posts exploring 10 keys to getting high performing teams. This one looks at having the right people in the right jobs. A key part of this comes at the recruiting stage.
Technology and the Art of Living
One of the problems with the Western education system, which spills into many other areas of life, is the excessive compartmentalisation of knowledge into narrow specialisations. Yet the most creative breakthroughs often come from cross-fertilisation of ideas from other disciplines.
Frameworks for understanding & managing diversity part 5. Personality differences
This is the fifth in a series of articles on frameworks for understanding and managing diversity. Part 1 looked at different developmental stages. Part 2 looked at the huge issue of cultural diversity. Part 3 looked at the sensitive question
Conflict analysis – four causes of conflict, part 3. Different personalities
This is the third of a four-part series on conflict analysis looking at the four causes of conflict in the workplace. Part 1, different information, looked at the conflict when two or more parties have different information. Part 2, different