Many business school and professional development programmes are based on the same politico-economic model… one that assumes that economic growth is always for the good… that we should all seek for our organisations to become ever more productive… that individuals… Continue reading
If you are interested in doing something a little intellectual, widening your worldview, or exploring new ways of engaging with life, then you might be interested to know that the University of Oxford Continuing Education programme for 2019/2020 has gone… Continue reading
In the last decade or so, most undergraduate courses, especially at the newer universities, have included a stream of activity known as “personal development”. Secondary schools and Further Education colleges have been including this for slightly longer. The content of… Continue reading
Our Unique Selling Proposition (USP) is the quality that sets us apart from other people. Of course, a USP has to have some kind of relationship to the needs of our ‘customers’ (for want of a better term). If they… Continue reading
OK folks… it’s been a long time since I asked, so dig deep! Last year, one of the lecturers at Abingdon and Witney College was involved in a terrible road incident while cycling to work. He received incredible treatment, and… Continue reading
Absolutely delighted that the Oxford University Advanced Coaching course is being repeated again this year; for our third year! I am very much looking forward to working with the 2018 cohort. The programme no happens in the Autumn (Michelmas) term,… Continue reading
Every quarter, I host an evening of screenings of recent talks given to the Royal Society for the Arts (RSA). The evening consists of a series of screenings and discussion around the themes, supported by free wine and nibbles! We… Continue reading
This might seem a strange thought, but bear with me a moment. When someone is murdered, we tend to focus on them, their life, their killer, and their motives for the killing. What is rarely seen is the impact on… Continue reading
Many of my friends and colleagues know that I have a strong interest in the prevention of drowning. While this is less of a problem in the UK than it is in many other places, it remains a significant cause… Continue reading
A while back I started collecting examples of business-speak that I found alarming. Some simply seemed to set out to confuse. Others were intended to make the speaker seem clever – usually for their own benefit. But the worst examples… Continue reading
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