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Are you Awake? Or Sleeping?

I didn’t sleep well last night, I tossed and turned, I kept looking at the alarm clock flashing away 11:45, 12:03, 01:42, 02:56, 03:37, 05:23 Blink, Blink, Blink I didn’t get a wink of sleep.  Have you...

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Gob-Smackingly Good Analysis

I am English. If there is one thing I hate, really hate, it is the way that Americans, and more specifically Americans employed by Microsoft, mess with the English language.  Whenever I type something...

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“Group Think” is no Laughing Matter

In the 1970’s the psychologist Irving Janis coined the term “group think” to explain why group pressure results in poor decisions, or, as he explained it, why groups show: A deterioration of mental...

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Are Tall People Better Managers?

We all have biases; things that we believe are true, that drive our decisions and actions. But those biases can be blind spots, so they may drive the wrong decisions and actions. The worst thing about...

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Is Your Platform Really Burning?

You know this already… We respond to change differently.  There are lots of different categorisations, but we are usually described in groups a bit like this… Dangerous to know — The gung-ho mob, they...

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Are you Awake? Or Sleeping?

I didn’t sleep well last night, I tossed and turned, I kept looking at the alarm clock flashing away 11:45, 12:03, 01:42, 02:56, 03:37, 05:23 Blink, Blink, Blink I didn’t get a wink of sleep.  Have you...

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Gob-Smackingly Good Analysis

I am English. If there is one thing I hate, really hate, it is the way that Americans, and more specifically Americans employed by Microsoft, mess with the English language.  Whenever I type something...

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“Group Think” is no Laughing Matter

In the 1970’s the psychologist Irving Janis coined the term “group think” to explain why group pressure results in poor decisions, or, as he explained it, why groups show: A deterioration of mental...

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Are Tall People Better Managers?

We all have biases; things that we believe are true, that drive our decisions and actions. But those biases can be blind spots, so they may drive the wrong decisions and actions. The worst thing about...

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Is Your Platform Really Burning?

You know this already… We respond to change differently.  There are lots of different categorisations, but we are usually described in groups a bit like this… Dangerous to know — The gung-ho mob, they...

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A Sense of Perspective

Fear of the new We don’t like things that are new or unusual.  It is part of our nature.  When we were cavemen it paid to be risk averse.  New things could bite us, so we preferred  what we knew.  The...

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The Perfect Point of View

Perspective When you look at a tree, what comes to mind? Do you see: A marvel of evolution An organism that has developed to hold as many leaves as possible, maximising surface area so it can catch...

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Why Companies Die

The Entrepreneur: A person who takes direct responsibility for turning an idea into a profitable new product or service. The Intrapreneur: An employee who takes direct responsibility for turning an...

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