September 2, 2021
Coping With End of Furlough
"If we fail to pivot and transition successfully through the chapters of our working lives, tomorrow’s world will leave us behind." – Steven Edwards
Posts categorised with 'Book Insight'
August 12, 2021
Sell It Like Saul Goodman
Learn the secrets of sales from the master of persuasion
July 15, 2021
There Is No Right or Wrong Way to Grieve
"We must talk about death and prepare for it, out of love for those we’ll leave behind." - Katherine Baldwin
June 17, 2021
Three Reasons Answers Are More Important Than Questions
Every question starts as an imperfect answer that stimulates curiosity in the world
May 13, 2021
Diversity Dividend Pays off With Rebel Ideas
"We kind of look the same, too. Middle-aged, beer-bellied men, well past our physical peak. In short, we’re a diversity nightmare. " - Alastair Roy
April 15, 2021
Radical Candor – The Truth Doesn’t Always Need to Hurt
"Leaders are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work, to show that they’re human beings not just human doings." – Katherine Baldwin
March 11, 2021
My Love-Hate Relationship With Amazon
"Data drives Amazon forward, many of the knock-on effects of its success are not ones that I would have chosen. Yet I keep giving Amazon full consent to use my data." - Jonathan Hancock
December 10, 2020
Growing Misconceptions: Exploding the Mindset Myths
"Not everyone can win an Oscar or top the charts. There’d be a great deal of disappointment if everyone took "growth mindset" to be some kind of life goal guarantee!" - Jonathan Hancock
November 12, 2020
Failing Well: When Love and Work Go Wrong
"I was single again. in a humdrum job, with no plans for the future. Disaster?"
October 15, 2020
In Testing Times, Test Everything!
"We had little hope of understanding the impact. We didn't know how things would have gone if we'd done nothing." - Jonathan Hancock
September 10, 2020
Beating Prediction, Charting the Future
Big Data is seductive. It promises that if we know enough, our lives will be more efficient. Margaret Heffernan thinks differently.
August 13, 2020
I No Longer Feel Like a Fraud – I’m Not an Imposter!
I drank to excess, overate, and exercised compulsively. By my mid-thirties, I'd burned out