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The vast majority of new build offices are large open plan edifices, designed to encourage co-operation and collaboration. Removing the office ‘walls’ is seen to enable greater collaboration, open dialogue and hot housing of ideas that will ultimately make organisations more innovative and effective. Is this true?
You might have missed the semi-final of the BBC’s MasterChef recently. MasterChef is a British television programme in which amateur cooks compete to win the MasterChef title. It is a formulaic show that has a number of different variants and is replicated in numerous countries worldwide
Ever wondered why people sometimes make the decisions that they do? We have all experienced situations where someone has made a decision and we think that they have ‘lost the plot’.
Whilst much of the press coverage of the Australian Tennis Open this month focused on the implications for Andy Murray’s career, it was a stepping stone for the two-times Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova.
Christmas and annual holidays share one thing in common –
they are usually the only time that busy people get to slow down, take stock of
life and spend quality time with their families. Inevitably, many people reflect
upon life and decide that they aren’t quite living their dream life.
I was reading an interesting article in New Scientist a couple of weeks ago and it posed the question – is there an Oxbridge gene?
You may remember the story of Curtis Woodhouse, who was a boxer taunted by Twitter trolls in March 2013? Essentially having lost a bout (on points) he was branded a “disgrace”, amongst other things.
It sounds counter intuitive doesn’t it? However recent research by the University of Virginia (reported in New Scientist) concludes that critical people often rise to leadership because the disregard they show for social niceties makes them seem powerful.
Chances are that most of the time you mindlessly use email because it is so ubiquitous. Have you ever stopped to consider what impact this might be having on your goals and aspirations?
