I think everyone is curious about the after life – life after death – what happens at death. When we stop being curious, we have lost something profound and in our nature. Wittgenstein famously said: “Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death.” That is a philosophical position. OnContinue reading “Visiting the Afterlife”
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The Green House Hotel
I was invited last week by Mark Liddle of Middletons Insolvency Practice: http://www.middletonpartners.co.uk/south_west_region and David Foster of Winning Business, http://www.winningbusiness.co.uk/, to give a talk at the Green House Hotel, largely to financial and professional services owners and managers, over lunch. It seemed germane to me to focus on resolutions, intentions and goals for the newContinue reading “The Green House Hotel”
The power of politeness
As we start the new year it might be an idea to re-visit simple things in order to be more effective. Things like … being polite! What do you think of when you think of a manager? Often people think of the manager as being their key support to enable them to get the jobContinue reading “The power of politeness”
New year resolutions
New Year's Resolutions – do they work? Are you setting yourself a New Year's Resolution this year? Will this be a positive boost to you in 2011 or will you find your resolution starts well and fizzles after a week or two? What has been your experience in previous years? How well are you settingContinue reading “New year resolutions”
Driven or called?
I recently asked on my Linkedin status bar whether you were driven or called? This is an interesting concept I picked up from Gordon Macdonald's book, Ordering your Private World, which won't be to everyone's taste in its evangelical fervour, but still contains some very insightful comments. I particularly liked Gordon's description of the eightContinue reading “Driven or called?”
What’s it all about?
It's that time of year: we approach Christmas and whatever is your religious festival or belief we are led with the imminence of a holiday – holy day – to reflect on what is this being here all about? In the case of Christmas it is pretty clearly about the birth of a baby andContinue reading “What’s it all about?”
What is going on?
Everyone of us wants to know what's going on. What's going on with the Government – what are they going to do? What's going on in our neighbourhood – what's my neighbour doing? What's going on with my family – who's my spouse talking to? I guess it's because we are curious, but more thanContinue reading “What is going on?”
Leaders breaking hierarchical norms
One of the most important aspects of being a leader is generating creativity – innovation – in the organisation. This is often perceived as being an issue to do with product or service development; rarely about how the very structures in which people operate can be loosened – the hierarchical norms in fact. These structuresContinue reading “Leaders breaking hierarchical norms”
Philosophy and coaching
Went on a LinkedIn discussion group today and contributed to a discussion about whether philosophical thinking helps improve coaching approaches and outcomes. The answer has to be 'yes', I think, because how can analytic thinking not help any approach, process or outcome? Once upon a time the catchphrase – word – of IBM was 'Think'.Continue reading “Philosophy and coaching”
Professor Roger Steare’s Ethicability
I have just been reading the PWC report on Trust: the behavioural challenge; this emerges from PWC’s ongoing collaboration with Professor Roger Steare, a contributor to these blog pages. It’s certainly wide-ranging, challenging, and relevant to the market we find ourselves in today. What is it saying then? First, I would like to goContinue reading “Professor Roger Steare’s Ethicability”
The Mapping Motivation Series 