is that an excuse, or a reason?

When something goes wrong, it is better to understand the reason why – rather than hear an excuse. Is there a difference?

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Of course there is. But how do you tell the difference between an excuse and a reason?

Well an excuse is generally our way of  trying to excuse our behaviour: to justify [...]

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Three Strikes and YouTube out

Here are some important lessons for those of us who use services like YouTube to deliver business content. A friend recently had his YouTube account suspended and can no longer access his “archive” of 900+ clips, many of which are unique business-related videos, created over the past couple of years.

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Getting carried away by transformation

Transformation is one of the most over-used and under-justified terms in the business vocabulary. Hands up anyone out there who hasn’t worked in an organization during a business transformation programme?

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Hmm, not many of you waving. Perhaps because transformational change programmes are as widely-strewn as litter at a confetti-manufacturers’ convention.

And yet genuine business [...]

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