Insights

DHS Covers All Bases

On the new Department of Homeland Security Site.
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Learning 2008: Trust

Stephen M R Covey was at the conference to talk about trust.    As if anyone, now, doubted the importance of trust at the workplace!  His formula that:  where there is trust, speed increases and cost goes down and where there is a lack of trust, cost goes up and speed goes down is very
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Learning 2008: Charles Fadel

Charles is the head of Education at CISCO.    That means K – 12 and Higher/Further Education.  He presented some research that CISCO had commissioned on learning effectiveness, debunking the enduring myth that you retain more, the more active and multi-sensed your learning.  Apparently the Edgar Dale’s Cone of Learning     on which this
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Learning 2008: The Screen

A few posts will follow.  But this one is about THE SCREEN!  55 foot hi-def screen and 6 hi def projectors to display it.  Every pixel writable which gives massive flexibility and an awesome appearence. Here are a few illustrations to make the point using the ABBA tribute band as a colourful backdrop.  Note the
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Leadership Development

An interesting article in today’s edition of Talent Management Magazine.  Usual stuff:  survey says! But it reveals that there is discontent with conventional leadership development as it offers few opportunities for on the job training, and stretch assignments. In global companies there are few international assignments on offer.
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Culinary Coach Part Two the Video!

I wrote about the Culinary Coach recently.  Now I have interviewed Clare on video and you can watch it here!
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The Financial Crisis

I have been banging on about the fact that this is not only a financial crisis but a moral and ethical one as well and today in the New York Times my words resonate. Margaret Atwood has written a short, brilliant think piece which I know you will enjoy. She says: To heal our wounds,
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iPod Dilemmas

I was out for an early run today alongside the serious running commuters with their impossible backpacks bobbing around.  I had completed about 2 minutes when my iPod froze.  Serious freeze, nothing working at all. I stopped and pummeled the thing and eventually, my 10th attempt at reset, started it up again.  I reset the
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What is Work?

I have gone on for far to long about the fact I fell off my bike!  Painful as it was, even I have moved on.  All that is left now is half of one scab.  The other has disappeared somewhere and left a pink piece of perfectly healed skin.  The other one will follow soon. 
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To Blog or Not to Blog?

It may be true that blogging is a million voices and noone listening apart from the tiny elite who command a respectable audience.  But it also allows us to enjoy the insights and ideas and comments and observations of people who deserve more than the odd friend as an audience. This is my friend Sid
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