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Takeaways from Outward Bound

Takeaways from Outward Bound

James Mulholland

27 October 2021

James shares some reflections from his time away at Outward Bound

Your brain likes simple business writing

Your brain likes simple business writing

Hilary Bryan

27 September 2021

We've trained so many people over the past 20 years to write effectively. So it was great to see an article in the July-August 2021 Harvard Busines...

Inclusion at work

Inclusion at work

Kristen Gyorgak

27 August 2021

Inclusion at work isn't a feel good, it's a business necessity.

Kristen explores what inclusion at work really means, what the latest research is t...

The IKEA Effect

The IKEA Effect

Hilary Bryan

16 July 2021

This is an unconscious bias and a really interesting one. If you've been involved in creating something, you'll be more biased towards it than other...

Don't look back in hindsight

Don't look back in hindsight

Hilary Bryan

18 October 2021

Another in our series on unconscious bias.

4 steps to better delegation

4 steps to better delegation

Kristen Gyorgak

23 September 2021

Leaders can and should delegate. The trick is to delegate in a way that's both safe and appropriate for the delegator and the delegatee. Here are fo...

We're all just hallucinating about marmite sandwiches

We're all just hallucinating about marmite sandwiches

Hilary Bryan

24 August 2021

We continue our series on bias with this look at the 'marmite sandwich effect'.

The status quo bias and you

The status quo bias and you

Kristen Gyorgak

15 July 2021

The status quo bias means people tend to default to the status quo even if it isn't the best option for them.

Initial thoughts on Ārewa ake te Kaupapa, Raising the platform: Review into the Future of Local Government

Initial thoughts on Ārewa ake te Kaupapa, Raising the platform: Review into the Future of Local Government

Hilary Bryan

11 October 2021

Check out Hilary's initial thoughts on Ārewa ake te Kaupapa, Raising the platform: Review into the Future of Local Government

Why Agility is More Than the Agile Manifesto

Why Agility is More Than the Agile Manifesto

Hilary Bryan

17 September 2021

Join Hilary as she explores the bigger picture of agility: ideas, whole-organisation issues and why we need it more than ever. She takes a broad loo...

Be first or be forgotten: the power of the primacy effect

Be first or be forgotten: the power of the primacy effect

Dinah Vincent

20 August 2021

Our series on bias continues with this look at the primacy effect. It affects what you choose, what you remember, and how you judge people.

Institutional racism: a lesson from over 30 years ago

Institutional racism: a lesson from over 30 years ago

Hilary Bryan

12 July 2021

The phrase - institutional racism - is quite rightly discussed by us all nowadays. I recently came across a definition of what it is and wanted to s...

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