We tend to be most comfortable working in the centre ground of our expertise—where we’re really pretty sure of our ground. Actually... That may not be what’s most useful to people, or to us. That …
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Acting today to justify who we were yesterday
We tend to favour consistency. We act in a way that aligns with who we were before. Then everything is nice and tidy. It’s not embarrassing. It might be rather ineffective, or even plain wrong, but …
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The unceasing merit (and remarkable difficulty) of taking a fresh look
We know new insights come to us when we look at things afresh. But it's remarkably difficult to do that properly. Our minds get very comfortable with a particular way of looking at things, and of …
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Asking the right question
There's no such thing as the right question, of course, but some enquiries contribute more to moving things on than others. It's worth thinking about... What's your intention when you ask a question …
If you’re the leader…
You created everything around you. (You are the person with authority and influence, after all.) If you don’t like it, either you’ve not led very well, or you’re not actually the leader. Which is …
Knowing your own power
It’s surprising, in a way, how little we know of our own power—our power to impact on other people. We tend not to realise just how impactful we can be. We say things with full force when actually …