Knowing where we stand

I was reminded recently of Simon Sinkek's work in beginning with why (TED, 2010). While this idea appears quite simple, the way Simon ph...

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Wicked problem solutions

Wicked problems are those which have "incomplete, contradictory, or changing requirements" (Edmonson, 2016, p. 53), seeming to app...

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Kill the company exercise

There is a very interesting tip related by Wharton professor, Adam Grant (2016), for constructing better investment pitches. Instead of doin...

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The Aotearoa national career strategy

Many other nations are ahead of New Zealand in having a national career strategy: Europe, the UK, and Australia, for example (Rose & Jar...

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Four steps to better communication

We can really get it wrong at work sometimes, but the trouble is that we don't know what we don't know. We can be blindly unaware of...

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Management flaws

I am a bit of a fan of UK property guru, Sarah Beeny. I like her pragmatic yet expert advice, and the careful way she tries to explain to th...

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The Classic 4 Step Approach to Strategic Planning

Have you heard of the classic 4 step strategic planning model? I heard about it from an old management lecturer of mine, and the model was...

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Newsletter Issue 179, February 2010

Sam Young Newsletter Issue 179, February 2010 Hi guys, Do you have the magic knack of Creating An Angle f...

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