Agreeableness revisited
If you work for a non-profit or social enterprise – or in another kind of service, for that matter – chances are you’re on the… Read More »Agreeableness revisited
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Jordan Peterson on the Five Factor Model of Personality and the disadvantages of openness
Update 2022-08 – if you’re looking to understand the Five Factor Model more deeply, see also Jordan Peterson on the Five Factor Model of Personality… Read More »Jordan Peterson on the Five Factor Model of Personality and the disadvantages of openness
Bernadette Jiwa on the New Marketing
Bernadette Jiwa’s The Fortune Cookie Principle is a very good, short and actionable introduction to how to tell your organisation’s story in order to better… Read More »Bernadette Jiwa on the New Marketing
Janus (3): DC Reading List 2021
I’m trying a different format for this year’s reading list: a queue and a read (past tense) list. (Note that many of these are carried… Read More »Janus (3): DC Reading List 2021
Janus (1): Looking back
Disclaimer: This post was written mostly for me – if you’re not me, you may wish to skip to the end or to skip it… Read More »Janus (1): Looking back
Henri Nouwen on fear and scarcity
Fear is a pervasive quality of our lives. Fear makes us think in terms of scarcity. It makes us think “This is a dangerous world.… Read More »Henri Nouwen on fear and scarcity
Strategy (4): Strategy is a practice
This is the fourth post in a series – start here. Definition of Strategy (as a skill or activity): Strategy is the dynamic process practice… Read More »Strategy (4): Strategy is a practice
Freedom to the nose (2): stealing at work
How free are you at work? How free are the people you’re responsible for? “As free as possible,” is a good answer, but there are… Read More »Freedom to the nose (2): stealing at work
Making things nice
… is an underappreciated skill. It goes beyond tidying up and things having a place, to the details that lift the atmosphere and make things… Read More »Making things nice
Systems thinking: Gall’s Law
Gall’s Law: A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch… Read More »Systems thinking: Gall’s Law