It’s surprising, in a way, how little we know of our own power—our power to impact on other people. We tend not to realise just how impactful we can be. We say things with full force when actually …
If we’re serious about collaboration…
Everyone seems to want autonomy at the moment—well, perhaps not quite everybody. The trouble is... Complete autonomy means no influence. If we’re serious about collaboration, we have to share …
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It’s you
It's you. It's you that needs to take action, that is. Or it might be. You see... You might be the one best-placed, even if you feel inadequately prepared. Sometimes you don't notice you're …
We don’t laugh at the majority
We don't laugh at the majority, because the majority has power. And we don't laugh at power, because it's dangerous. It might throw us out. But we do laugh at minorities, because minorities are …
The making of Gold Medal performance
Watching interviews with Gold Medal winners and other Olympic high performers, it's striking how most of them seem thoroughly pleasant and even ordinary people - very far from the sometime stereotype …
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Danny Bole – A model of empowering other people
Fascinated to catch this week's castaway, writer Frank Cottrell Boyce on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs say that filmmaker Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting) was one of those people …
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