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Rachel Kasa
- Apr 10
Your leadership (bandana) brand
Your leadership brand matters - although a jaunty red bandana is optional
Hilary Bryan
- Sep 27, 2021
Your brain likes simple business writing
This is part of our series on biases in the workplace. A full list of bias blog posts can be found here: If you're biased and you know...
Dinah Vincent
- Jun 29, 2021
Real-time learning about change communication
A change in pandemic response alert levels gave me the chance to deliver some real-time learning about change communication last week. On...
Dinah Vincent
- Jun 4, 2021
No matter the topic, find the emotion
Processes, rules, regulations - they don't exactly leap off the page as topics to inspire emotion. But you're unlikely to get people to...
Hilary Bryan
- Nov 9, 2020
The language of victory: Biden's speech
Joe Biden's first speech as President-elect was a key milestone in the transition of power. Was it great? Possibly not. Was it coherent...
Hilary Bryan
- Oct 16, 2020
Lessons for leaders from the campaign trail
We need to understand the neuroscience of how and why people vote. We've got plenty of evidence that emotion wins over rational argument.
Hilary Bryan
- Oct 13, 2020
Why you should feel sorry for politicians
Politicians are caught in a huge cauldron of steaming ambiguity.Â
Kristen Gyorgak
- Oct 1, 2020
Lessons from the Presidential podium
Yesterday I put myself through a lot of pain. Three separate painful sessions to be exact. One was necessary (a dentist appointment), one...
Dinah Vincent
- Sep 23, 2020
Presentation tips from potential Prime Ministers
Last night two women went head to head in the Leader's Debate, one of many set pieces of a modern election campaign. Political analysis...
Kristen Gyorgak
- Aug 7, 2020
We get the why, focus on the how
A few years ago, Simon Sinek came to the mainstream with The Golden Circle concept: Start with Why. In short, he states all organisations...
Hilary Bryan
- Jul 28, 2020
Negotiate, but forget getting to yes
I've always been fascinated by hostage situations, and thought we must have a lot to learn from hostage negotiators. Then, I've thought -...
Kristen Gyorgak
- Jun 9, 2020
Our most powerful weapon
Thomas Paine, a 1700s political activist in the US, famously said, the pen is mightier than the sword. That’s because words change the...
Hilary Bryan
- May 11, 2020
Following threads, zoombies and the economy of action
One of the great joys of life for me is browsing library and bookshop shelves. You don't know what you'll come across, what you'll learn...
Kristen Gyorgak
- May 8, 2020
The 5G conversation we should be having
For the past few months, conspiracy theories have been running wild about what 5G networks are and aren't doing (newsflash: they do not...
Hilary Bryan
- Apr 7, 2020
A shout out for scenarios, metaphor, and the Beaconsfield mine rescue
Advice is coming thick and fast right now. I've taken plenty of advice on technology for new ways of working. Other, equally important...
Hilary Bryan
- Mar 23, 2020
Keep the conversations going
We're in a tough and unpredictable new world. And over the past week, I've yet again realised the value of conversation - just talking to...
Dinah Vincent
- Aug 2, 2019
Influence like you are on Instagram
A game of word association in 2019 would likely pair ‘influence’ with ‘Instagram’. If the idea of an Instagram influencer is a mystery...
Hilary Bryan
- Feb 19, 2019
Feedback – why it's complex
Some models are too simplistic Over the years we’ve worked with several different feedback models, and never felt entirely comfortable...
Hilary Bryan
- Dec 14, 2018
Conversations you need to have
To be truly effective you need to have 2 key ingredients present in your conversations. You need to show you care personally, and...
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