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When we decided at The Training Practice to each choose a word for the year, I was concerned mine sounded negative. So why: detach? Two...

We're still in the counting time of the year—how many times recently have you heard or said: 'my last week of leave' or 'my first day...

Yesterday I read a great blog by Cathy De Jongh reflecting on New Year's resolutions and why studies show 80% fail within the first 30...

Learning is our business and of course we love it and follow trends and pick up fresh ideas all the time. So, we’ve enthusiastically...

Hamilton City Council Chief Executive, Richard Briggs, recently claimed our system of local government elections was “demonstrably...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer science fiction—you are increasingly exposed to it, whether you know it or not. Melbourne-based...

Life’s so unpredictable Life and business are unpredictable. I predicted an All Blacks win on Saturday night and didn’t predict I’d end...

If you’re like me, you’ve spent a solid portion of today thinking and talking about the All Blacks v England semi-final tomorrow. And...

Yesterday I attended the 1st FLINT Wellington Future of Work Conference. The afternoon was packed with topics about the future including...

Yes, we know learning agility is vital as the world and our workplaces change. But what does it mean? Learning agility is about...

We’re members of the Business Agility Institute and like its thinking and ideas. Here’s another one that’s moving agile thinking way...

A game of word association in 2019 would likely pair ‘influence’ with ‘Instagram’. If the idea of an Instagram influencer is a mystery...

For those of you who know me, you’ll know it’s appropriate that my first blog falls on the 4th of July. For those of you who don’t know...

We’ve long been business agility fans. See our previous Tea and Toast notes (May 2017) and the White Paper, Crooked Timber Thinking...

Friday 17 May 2019 was Pink Shirt Day. Pink Shirt Day invites people to wear pink shirts to show they want to stop bullying behaviour by...