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  In my work on team intelligence, we know that surprisingly few teams consistently show up with their “A” game. For example more than 50% of people on senior leadership teams [...]

Finding wisdom in negative space I come from an artistic family. My mother completed an Art degree aged 60. My late father was a prolific experimenter, trying everything from 3D Film making to [...]

What is the opposite of strategy? Last week I was working with a couple of Leadership Teams on their strategy, a question popped into my head… What is the opposite of strategy? I posted it on [...]

In 2010, 5 researchers set out to test the collective intelligence of teams. They subjected teams of 3 to 5 people to hours of tests – including brainstorming, making moral judgements, [...]

4 weeks ago I wrote a post about presenting called, “It’s not about the content” which got lots of positive reaction. The idea was that people write presentations that focus on the content, the [...]

Did you know that bee hives think?   A bee hive is a bit like a brain. It is a type of complex adaptive system. Which means a system which can react as a whole to its environment. And bee hives [...]

When you go to a presentation, what are you expecting? Personally, I’m expecting the presenter to do two things. I’m expecting them to… a) tell me something I don’t know that’s b) useful to me. [...]

We’ve been tracking 4 organisations as they navigate working remotely, surveying their people every 2 weeks. Here’s an insight that might just inspire you to take action. Our tracking [...]

When I was a teenager, before I could drive, I had an argument with my Mum in the car. She was telling me how she could slow the speed of our (manual) car just by changing down through the gears. [...]

If you’re interested in improving your decision-making, here are our tips that we’ve seen be easiest to apply to real life tough decisions!

How we make decisions, and how we can improve Critical decisions A fire fighter has just arrived at the scene of a house fire. The blaze is coming out of the top floor windows. How does he decide [...]

On the 1st February this year my eldest child started school. One day, during the orientation week, I visited a classroom for year 5 and was struck by what was pinned on the wall. Lots of [...]

Today, Phil is saving me from myself. Phil is my DIY guy. He comes round and fixes up the things that I’ve tried to do myself and f***ed up. I am not talented at DIY, so often a simple task [...]

Most of us are busy thinking about 2018; and so we’ve put together some links on talent and training trends we thought might be of interest.

4 years ago I launched a business to help people make better decisions. Last week we stopped to take stock. What have we done that’s worked? What really helps people make better decisions? [...]

85% of business leaders admit their organisations are not good at problem diagnosis, and 87% agreed this had significant costs – according to a recent Harvard Business Review article. [...]

Does presenting to your peers make you nervous? Imagine presenting to 500 of them. Who have got beers in their hands, standing in the Oxford Arts Factory in Sydney. You’re on stage and you [...]

Thanks to The School of Life for inviting me to attend their 3 hr evening class, How to Realize Your Potential facilitated by Sophi Bruce. I reviewed their class How to Make Up Your Mind last [...]

Do you have a love/hate relationship with email? It might be because you’re addicted to the rush of new emails. But you have to wade through a daily mountain of rubbish to find the good [...]