You may not have learned anything new about New Zealand's potential Prime Ministers from the debate last night, but we can learn from them as presen...
What does the future hold?
Hilary Bryan
18 August 2020
Done right, scenario planning isn't a future planning exercise that's then forgotten; it shapes what we're doing today.
Negotiate, but forget getting to yes
Hilary Bryan
28 July 2020
I've always been fascinated by hostage situations, and thought we must have a lot to learn from hostage negotiators. Then, I've thought -...
Think creatively
Hilary Bryan
26 June 2020
Join us for a short and sharp session to get to grips with practical creative thinking techniques that work.
Tick box past unconscious bias
Dinah Vincent
1 September 2020
Is it possible to overcome unconscious bias with a checklist?
Yesterday's news, today's agility
Kristen Gyorgak
16 August 2020
Tuesday night's press conference was an exemplar in many ways. Leaders and organisations should be taking notes on how clear, compassionate, and con...
Only the lonely
Hilary Bryan
14 July 2020
We're emerging or have emerged from lockdown. Some people are championing working from home. Personally, I was at home in a crisis trying...
Enjoy: #OneWord to support resilience
Dinah Vincent
12 June 2020
Back in January, when I thought I already knew how to wash my hands properly, I chose 'enjoy' as my #oneword for 2020.
Our Brains & Bias
Hilary Bryan, Dinah Vincent, and Kristen Gyorgak
28 August 2020
We're looking at the neuroscience of bias, and delving into how our perceptions of people and situations can lead to bias.
We get the why, focus on the how
Kristen Gyorgak
7 August 2020
Our brains work from the inside of the circle out: first we feel, then we do. Our brain primarily runs on emotion—we rationalise things after the fa...
Consistency: My #OneWord for 2020
Kristen Gyorgak
6 July 2020
At the beginning of the year, The Training Practice joined the #OneWord365 challenge: find one word that will help you set the tone for 2...
Our most powerful weapon
Kristen Gyorgak
9 June 2020
Thomas Paine, a 1700s political activist in the US, famously said, the pen is mightier than the sword. That's because words change the wo...