Three poems. Three recurring situations where logic runs out. On World Poetry Day, Alison reflects on why poetry finds its way into the most important business conversations.
Three poems. Three recurring situations where logic runs out. On World Poetry Day, Alison reflects on why poetry finds its way into the most important business conversations.
Which of these images is a true reflection of reality? This isn’t as strange a question as you might think when you consider we’re looking at the world every day, making a choice about our reality, and then acting as if we’re right. These images were taken to demonstrate a few of the different perspectives […]
I remember very clearly a series of conversations with clients and colleagues where I had been told that the strategy they were suggesting we use was what the client/ stakeholder/ team member needed - ie it was tailored to suit the other person's preferences. The interesting thing, to me anyway, was that often different people […]
Post from the 2017 archives: Someone asked on LinkedIn "why are managers reluctant to ditch their bullet heavy dull slides." ie why do they ignore best practice? Why do people think they can do something better by themselves, and not need the support of those with expertise. As a PowerPoint surgeon and presentation coach the […]
Post from the 2017 archives. I turned up at the garden centre yesterday to realise we hadn't agreed whereabouts in the garden centre we'd meet. I'd not met the person before, and whilst we both did have a LinkedIn profile picture to refer to, in a busy garden centre that wasn't going to be of […]
You might be thinking you're stuck when you use the words "it's like talking to a brick wall", but what happens if those very words contain the solution too? (please note there's detailed instructions to follow if this is exactly how you feel at the bottom of the post) You have to be careful what […]
