Dr David Fraser
What’s your habitual time unit of focus? An hour, a day, a week, a month – or more – or less? What quantum of time do you block out for a singular, intense task? Probably all intervals of time have …
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We all like a bit of freedom—the chance to act on our own initiative. Much of the time that’s a good thing. Recently, however, I’ve been noticing just how much energy can be wasted if everyone is …
Have you ever noticed...? If you can just faintly hear some music being played in a noisy place... If you know the piece of music, you can make it out, whereas if you don’t, you can’t. It’s just part …
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You’ve heard it before. You might even have said it yourself... “Training doesn’t work.” or “When I get back to the workplace, I find it very hard to apply what I’ve learned.” These can be …
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“Isn’t it just the human condition?” my friend remarked. We were discussing the difficulty of getting organizations to understand the problems they face and our reluctance as leaders to accept that we …
How is it that organisations are content to go on spending £100ks or $100ks or more per month on salaries of people doing their jobs badly, but not a few £k or $k teaching them how to do their jobs …
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