A new can of beans

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Here are two new straightforward questions to open the agenda of every organisational meeting (from the board of directors through team get-togethers):

Are we communicating effectively?

Where are our relationships struggling?

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Plugging the brain drains

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We urgently need to plug the brain drains. How many potentially great ideas are never shared and are lost to the world?

Even the largest thing in human endeavour begins with the smallest spark of an idea in a single mind. But not every small idea grows up. Most of our thoughts remain just that – thoughts. Very few Continue reading article »

Box ticking or ticking time-bomb?

  

 

 

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We need a holistic approach to information security that properly encompasses the social/ cultural aspects, rather than the prevailing exclusive emphasis on security technology. 

Of course, the cynical part of me realises that “security technology” is such a big business and that might not be helped by promoting the necessary improvements to social Continue reading article »

Waltzing at the Crossroads

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How many of us are waltzing at the crossroads of life, wondering which way to turn next?  

We face the daily dilemma of choosing between possible futures, each of which seems to pull us even further towards uncertainty. 

We may edge cautiously towards each attractor and yet find ourselves back where we started.

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some advice for those who wish to be expert

Holding all the Aces

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Somebody asked me how they might fulfil their ambition of becoming an expert. My advice was straightforward: being an expert in something is not always enough. If you have real ambition you need to be holding a handful of aces, not just one or two. Continue reading article »

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