Another video from TED.com my favourite site for thought provoking ideas By leading the Americans in his audience step by step through the thought process, sociologist Sam Richards sets an extraordinary challenge: can they understand — not approve of, but understand — the motivations of an Iraqi insurgent? And by extension, can anyone truly understand … Continued
That’s some achievement….. and they are at pains to show that a job is not just a job but a career. Anybody prepared to make that commitment in these days is worthy of our respect. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42412605/ns/business-consumer_news/
A recent article in the Evening Standard about Google adopting competencies to develop their managers – loh and behold – who would have ever thought it. Read the article here
Take a look at the global social network picture here – it’s not all about Facebook. http://www.penn-olson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/social-network-map.jpg
The measure of an entrepreneur used to be the number of real friends claimed, but times have changed. Now the measure is how many hits one has on a Google name search, factored by some formula, like the sum of all positive messages minus 100 for every negative message. That’s the reason every good parent … Continued
Srikumar Rao says we spend most of our lives learning to be unhappy, even as we strive for happiness. At Columbia University, he teaches us how to break free of the “I’d be happy if …” mental model, and embrace our hard-wired happiness. Watch it here at TED.com and let me know what you think. … Continued
Government statistics are wonderfully curious are they not? Whilst the government quotes statistics of 7.8 % unemployment, the real figure is 21.2%. This is the proportion of the labour force neither in work nor looking for a job – this is people who could work but are not. The absolute number of people who fall … Continued
Whilst my ex Hay colleagues focusing on Executive pay wouldn’t appreciatew this view from Henry Mintzberg, I loved it. Henry Mintzberg wrote a piece in the Wall Street Journal about the negative impact of bonuses in organisational performance. In typical fashion, Mintzberg does not mince his words; “Executive bonuses—especially in the form of stock and … Continued
Monday 18th January is officially the most depressing day of the year, according to psychologist Dr Cliff Arnall at Cardiff University. He uses mathematical equations to reach his verdict that the Monday of the third week in January means you are more likely to feel blue than any other day of the year. This is … Continued
Last night listened to a great teleseminar about how recognition drives engagement and how important non reward incentives are to drive up performance. Basically, because today we often communicate remotely, because we employ more Gen Y who expect feedback and recognition and because we are in difficult times, it is now even more critical to … Continued
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