Tag Archives: thoughtful

Having an impact with CEOs

This is a useful podcast on how to have an impact with CEOs: CEO’s work on referrals so you need to be networking and working in their patch You need to listen and not worry too much about getting your … Continue reading

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The top 20 companies worldwide for leadership (and why)

Hay group’s annual survey…. who tops it this year? http://www.haygroup.com/BestCompaniesForLeadership/research-and-findings/global-top-20.aspx

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The power of local eco projects

Another riveting TED talk on the value of local projects – to the bottom line, to the environment, to build skills. http://tinyurl.com/2f5qlf3

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Are we educating kids in redundant skills?

Daniel PinkĀ  talks about how our education system lags about 20 years behind what industry requires – now we need skills in conceptual thinking and creativity and not routines/standardisation and how to pass tests (particularly multiple choice tests). Listen here.

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TED – Ideas worth talking about

We like this organisation – it has many fabulous speakers. They are holding their conference in Oxford this week. TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people … Continue reading

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