“Each group nourishes its own pride and vanity, boasts itself superior, exists in its own divinities, and looks with contempt on outsiders.” — William Graham Sumner, 1906 You are a changemaker within an organisation. Your suggestion will…
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Shooting the Messenger — The MUM Effect, Psychological Safety and Innovation
Killing the Messenger “The 300” Copyright Warner Brothers “Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.” — John Wooden In 1997, Korean Air Flight 801 crashed while on approach to an airport…
The Organisational Noosphere and The Maharishi Effect
“Though free to think and act, we are held together, like the stars in the firmament, with ties inseparable. These ties cannot be seen, but we can feel them.” — Nikola Tesla If you placed two pianos…
Putting the Organisation “in the way” of Innovation — Farmer Leadership
https://www.deviantart.com/murilo-araujo/art/agriculture-sketch-30-min-431985993 “When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertiliser or more water or less sun….
Laser-Like Focus — Your People
“The Sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” — Alexander Graham Bell If you have heard of Archimedes of Syracuse, you will most likely know him as one of the greatest mathematicians ever known….
Ireland Rugby, All Blacks, Breaking Barriers and Lessons for Business
AlphaCoders Ireland just beat the best team in the world, the New Zealand All Blacks for the second time in 113 years, this was their first victory on Irish soil. What has changed? The Roger…
Too Nice? Do Only the “Strong” Survive?
Gordon Gekko In 1997, Korean Air Flight 801 crashed while on approach to an airport in Guam, killing 225 of the 254 on board. In 2013, Asiana (a Korean airline) Airlines Flight 214 crashed after…
Mirror Leadership: The Window and The Mirror (Neurons)
Delusions of Grandeur by cmdixon2 “If you fail to honor your people, They will fail to honor you; It is said of a good leader that When the work is done, the aim fulfilled, The people…
Corporate Flu — Selling Ideas within an Organisation and Getting Buy-in
“The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.” — John Kenneth Galbraith Pain is a warning signal produced by the brain. The brain uses pain to make us aware of sensations or…
Does Business Need New Language?
Threadless Within every newborn child is the ability to pronounce every sound in every language. Later in life English speakers may struggle to pronounce the Spanish rolling “r” or beautiful French such as l’amour. However,…