... as opposed to what you know about. It’s one thing to know about something, quite another to know a subject and be able to deploy it in life. Unless you can do (or be) something, you don't know …
Are you condemning yourself to be wrong?
We see it as all or nothing with political leaders, and others too for that matter. If there’s something we dislike about them or what they’ve done, we’re inclined to dismiss everything about …
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Clarity or ambiguity—which is your friend?
Most of us have been brought up to seek precision; to look for clarity; the one right answer. So it seems natural to be uncomfortable with ambiguity. And yet... Sometimes ambiguity is our friend. …
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Profiling—reformer or reinforcer?
There’s a problem with the team. They’re not performing as effectively as we would expect... Tempting perhaps to reach for the psychometric profiling tools to understand who’s doing what and …
Can you see their hesitancy?
Sometimes it's obvious... We notice when our friends and associates are holding back from committing to something—or maybe someone—which in itself is preventing them achieving the results they …
Do you need the big roll-out?
It’s striking how some organizations think first of the scale required to roll something new out to the workforce at large—a daunting and expensive undertaking. And yet often the same effect can be …