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Time to Read: 1 Minute 43 Seconds Why ‘wrong’ can sometimes be oh so ‘right’ What do aspirin, penicillin, laughing gas, vaccination, Velcro, Nylon, the Post-it Note, dynamite, X-rays, Ivory Soap, liquorice allsorts and even Coca Cola have in common? They were all ‘invented’ by accident! 3 quick stories behind the above – The Post-It…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 1 Minute 43 Seconds Making success so easy – failure impossible Why is it that we make success so hard to achieve, and failure so easy? Because of our definitions of success, and failure… As an example here’s a question asked at scores of Naked Leader Workshops around the world: Question: What…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: Faster than many people will take to get over the shock! Why Donald Trump Won and the 3 Top Things He Must Do Hindsight is a wonderful thing – and by the time you read this many experts, journalists and politicians will have written long explanations on the greatest surprise in American…… Continue Reading
Time to read: 1 minute 1 second On the 1st working day since Guy Fawkes, 3 things for the bonfire 1. Competency Frameworks Why? Because they create general all-rounders at a time when the only way to ensure you get the best from your people is to identify, unlock and unleash the strengths, passions and…… Continue Reading
Time to read: 2 minutes Trick or Treat? At our recent conference, Martin Clements summed up why people do what they do with the simple words ‘pain or pleasure’. Oh, if only all of human behaviour, about which so many trees have been felled, so many views expressed and so many trends emerge, could be…… Continue Reading
Time to read: 30 seconds The wisdom of a 2 ¾ year old Thank you to Loreen Herzig, Head of IT and Innovation at our Client Partner, Watford Community Housing Trust for this wonderful story: Something happened yesterday that made me think of you so I thought I’d share it. When I got home after…… Continue Reading
Time to read: 2 minutes Key How–Tos / Messages from our conference – Business as a Force for Good Over 100 leaders packed into our last ever, sell out conference in London last Thursday – these are the key how-tos / messages from each speaker and panellist, with my favourite quote from each speaker: Andy…… Continue Reading
Time to read: 2 minutes What do all optimists, realists and pessimists have in common? This: The only way to know whether something will ever work for you, or not, is to actually do it, and find out. That’s why Naked Leader’s ‘deal’ is that we will tell you what to do, and you agree…… Continue Reading
Time to read: 2 minutes Approaches to Life I was recently drinking my bottle of water on a journey and, noticing it was natural spring water, I was reminded of a story at our 2015 Conference shared by my good friend Gavin Graveson, Chief Operating Officer of Veolia. Picture if you will, an ancient glacier…… Continue Reading
Time to read: Quicker than the book The Girl on the Train Last week I sat opposite a girl of about 4 years old, sitting next to her mum. The younger lady was doing maths from an exercise book, with her mum helping her – and she was not just doing maths, she was adoring maths,…… Continue Reading