There’s always been a valued role for facilitators to co-host meetings and workshops so leaders and all involved can participate more and worry less about the process. With COVID-19 thrusting…
The professional tennis circuit is a punishing arena for men’s and women’s bodies. To aim for #1 requires a level of commitment and a volume of matches that seem beyond…
Fascinating article from researcher Irit Alony, of Wollongong University, published in the Conversation today. She and her colleagues applied the successful divorce-prediction criteria of John Gottman, from the University of…
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Confronting corporations and their lack of sustainable practices will only get us so far. As Buckminster Fuller, the designer and systems theorist, said: “You never change things by fighting the…
A 2014 article by Dennis Nishi in the Wall Street Journal, tells an anecdote about a school teacher, Eric Adler, who becomes a consultant, but doesn't like consulting and then…
Thanks to the Centre for Social Impact and AGSM for a very interesting lecture on philanthropy by Daniel Petre. Although I initially thought the topic was “preaching to the converted”,…
A good interview by Wharton's Adam Grant about givers and takers, from McKinsey and co. Initially my reaction was "you cannot screen out the takers, they are the ones who've…
With human power being the most plentiful resource on our planet, I cannot understand why so many organisations are still focused on lowering headcount and replacing people with technology. I…
After a month of argument and counter argument on the Next Director LinkedIn Group, I think it is time to move on and start to answer a much more interesting…
I love this question but wonder whether I am naive - the answer seems obvious to me (although making it happen will be harder). The responsibility to shareholders as the…