Leaving aside the politics, and the relative merit of either presidential candidate... Mitt Romney made an interesting comment—interesting in the context of the theme here: “I learned as the Governor …
If you want to understand organizations (and the world)…
Somebody said—I can’t remember who—if you want to understand organizations, try changing them. That’s a good insight, in my opinion. Certainly it’s my experience that making changes to organizations …
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Fundamental or superficial?
Sometimes coaching or consultancy clients comment on the depth of the work we are doing, the suggestion being that they find it unusual to be operating beneath the everyday. But the thing …
Our unconscious can’t tell the difference
I knew it was a slip as soon as I said it... I’m sat having coffee and a catch-up with a friend. Getting a little too carried away talking about an issue with a third party, I express some annoyance. …
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Turning our questions on ourselves, and why we should
Helping a client work through an issue, it occurs to me, not the first time, that I could do with answering some of my questions myself. Nothing very earth-shattering there. What is new for me is …
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Abrasiveness loses in the end
An interesting lesson highlighted in UK politics this week... UK Government Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell finally resigned after being abusive to a policeman on security duty in Downing Street (outside …