Month: July 2019
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The Power of Positive Attention
I liked this (via Tom Peters, taken from Nine Lies About Work): "Positive attention is THIRTY TIMES more powerful than negative attention in creating high performance on a team…So whilst we may occasionally have to help people get better at something that's holding them back, if paying attention to what people can't do is our…
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The Decline of Historical Perspective
I've been thinking a lot recently about whether we're seeing a deterioration in the value that we place in learning from the past. This New Yorker piece on the decline of historical thinking in particular struck me. The article features a study done by Northeastern University professor Benjamin M. Schmidt that showed that in spite…
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Post of the Month – June 2019 – The Winner
There was some strong voting for Alastair Thomson's post The Last Thing Your Business Needs is More Metrics and also Elizabeth Ayer's Don't Ask Forgiveness, Radiate Intent but in the end it was Murray Calder's post on Meaningful Measurement that won through in this month's vote. Well done Murray – you join the hall of…
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Post of the Month – June 2019 – The Vote
Thanks for the nominations. So our vote this month is between: How to Piss Off a Creative by Fred Rodwell Don't Ask Forgiveness, Radiate Intent by Elizabeth Ayer The Last Thing Your Business Needs is More Metrics by Alastair Thomson Give me a (bridge) sign by Nick Parker How much is clear language worth? by Andy Whitlock Meaningful…
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Post of the Month – June 2019 – Nominations
It's time to open for Post of the Month nominations. Do you have a post that you've read over the past month that really resonated with you, or that you thought was a particularly good read? If so, then do nominate it by sharing the link with me direct or in the comments below. As…