Are you really so afraid to be you?
“You’re not the same as you were before,” he said. “You were much more… muchier… you’ve lost your muchness.” -The Mad Hatter, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Received wisdom recommends...
When the going gets tough, the tough get playful
“The 13 tracks on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band are the pinnacle of the Beatles’ eight years as recording artists. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo...
Tell me who you are
Last week I wrote about how you can develop and wield a Power Reputation. This is more than just a reputation which, in the blandest sense is nothing more...
Your Power Reputation: what really makes you irreplaceable at work
I don’t play computer games much anymore, though I have a Nintendo Switch and Mario Kart on my Christmas list. But when I did there was a game on...
What driving instructors could learn from Henry Kissinger
I’m learning to drive. Yes, I’m 35 years old. Don’t judge me. The point is that I am in the unusual situation of being a 35-year-old man undergoing formal,...
Diversity Dischmersity!
“And now, the end is near, and so we face, the final curtain.” – Paul Anka This week marks the end of our first deep dive focus; Diversity &...
The invisible hand of creativity: adding value to crowdsourcing
Last week I had a bit of a go at various forms of supposedly collaborative idea generation and creativity. Much of the piece was focused on the various awful...
The stupidity of crowds
They say that two heads are better than one. But you tell that to someone caught in two minds! And while many hands make light work, too many cooks...
What we fight about when we fight about staplers
Today I was going to post something about the danger of constructive feedback and the conflicts caused by it, but then this story broke: Easter egg row: Church...
How to be less optimal
As we consider how to embrace outsiders, how to be inclusive in the truest sense, I find myself drawn to what I consider to be the central question of...