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Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 10:00AM
Did we just have the year we had to have?Let’s leave your feelings about Donald Trump aside for a moment. What has actually happened?
Firstly, most people — experts in particular — got it wrong. The odds were that someone else would win. With Brexit, it was the same.
What’s happened since?
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 10:00AM
If your mind is empty, there’s a chance you’ve left enough room for lateral ideas to move in. It’s one reason people feel creatively refreshed after a break.
About four years ago, I wrote a piece on this that turned out to be surprisingly popular. It suggested you choose just one of three simple ideas, spend a few moments thinking about it, then leave it. No further effort was required.
What were the suggestions?
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 10:00AM
Do nice guys always finish last? Some do. I know a few who have, and plenty who have come first. I also know not-nice people who’ve done well and many who’ve failed.
That’s the trouble with cliches. They rest on a few examples but rarely on solid evidence.
There’s also the issue of definition. What’s ‘nice’? Is it polite and supportive, or just people-pleasing? What about ‘humility’? Does it mean humble and meek, or being comfortable with who you are?
leadership, management Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 10:00AM
I was once a soprano. I sang solos in musical productions and represented our school in eisteddfods. I looked forward to a career as a tenor, a sort of Pavarotti existence.
Puberty had other ideas. My voice skipped tenor and went straight to baritone. I went from lead singer to chorus line and lost interest. I would later mess around with the odd rock band and occasionally perform. But to me, baritone was an ordinary range.
I didn’t notice some of the most successful rock singers were baritones — Mick Jagger, Elvis Presley, Elton John and David Bowie; anyone from blues/rock master Jimmi Hendrix to the poetic Leonard Cohen.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 10:00AM
Playing it a little bit unsafeEver look back and wish you’d spoken up? I remember times when it may or may not have helped. It would, however, have been good for me. You tend to take on some shame when you hide. It’s the opposite of empowering.
You see this in business disruption. Things are ticking over pretty well but you know it’s changing out there. An alternative product might make sense. Trouble is, you don’t want to mess up a good situation. You hang on to your current offering for fear of cannibalising your success.
