This Monday (24th) I’m hosting a screening of four short videos and a subsequent discussion about CREATIVITY on behalf of the RSA (Royal Society for the Arts). It’s in Oxford. You are VERY welcome to attend – you do NOT… Continue reading
I am absolutely delighted that applications for the redesigned, University of Oxford “Introduction to Coaching” course are now open! The course is running in BOTH Oxford and Reading Universities this Autumn – take your pick! It will be the same… Continue reading
How do you keep ahead when your whole discipline is evolving so fast? How do you get on in your career when the paradigms are shifting every month? How do you learn from others when everyone’s experience seems unique? If… Continue reading
The diminishing lifespan of companies The average lifespan of a company listed in the S&P 500 index of leading US companies has decreased by more than 50 years in the last century, from 67 years in the 1920s to just… Continue reading
This may seem blindingly obvious, but the usual starting point for an entrepreneurial venture is an idea. Let’s qualify that immediately. Some entrepreneurs (and do not dismiss them as they could be far better business people than you and I… Continue reading
There have always been entrepreneurs, and there always will be, though the term was first used in 1723. While we could get bogged down in semantics and detail, an entrepreneur (for our purposes) is someone who takes an idea and… Continue reading
There’s a saying, often mis-attributed by Americans to Mark Twain, who equally mis-attributed it to Disraeli, who may well have been using a similar phrase common at the time (the 1880-1890s)[1]. It goes; “There’s lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Nowhere… Continue reading
Prompted by a piece of research published almost four years ago now, writing on the BBC News website, today (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27813535), Lucy Kellaway suggests; In most offices a raft of mainly pointless, cumbersome tools are used to assess performance, including “competency… Continue reading
Journaling has been recognised as a powerful instrument for personal development for as far back as we can tell. It isn’t for everyone, but at least giving it a try may help you identify another way of doing something that… Continue reading
Some of you know that I hold a couple of research posts currently. Being ‘evidence-led’ is the mantra of many professions and organisations at present. One of them has asked me to give a keynote answering critical members who want… Continue reading
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