Big idea from Harvard – Excellent!
Big idea from Harvard – Excellent! ‘Excellence is not the opposite of failure… Excellence is idiosyncratic and cannot be learned by studying failure… ‘ At last! It’s what they call your ‘HBR Moment’. That’s when your big idea gets recognised in an article in the...
Eight secrets for applying improvisation in life and at work
Eight secrets for applying improvisation in life and at work ‘I’ve been learning to improvise, and I love it. I’d like to know more about what’s beyond the stage – this idea of applying improv in life and at work.’ Great, that’s what we call Applied...
Hopes and fears? Don’t invite fears into the room!
Hopes and fears? Don’t invite fears into the room! A lot of training sessions, courses, even conferences begin by asking their participants to consider their hopes and fears. It’s a good idea to hear what people want (their hopes), and better to have those...
Lubricate your presentations with collaborative humour
Lubricate your presentations with collaborative humour When people don’t laugh at my jokes – and by people in this context I mostly mean my children – I don’t get offended. I remind myself that I was a comedy professional. Yes, the BBC employed me for five years, and...
Your stories are never neutral
Your stories are never neutral I was listening to the provocative BBC radio series, The Tyranny of Story, which prompted a few thoughts. One suggestion is that a story is never neutral. Any story that you hear, and for that matter any story that you tell, is pushing...Forthcoming Events
