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Seven improv exercises to improve team collaboration and agility
JULY 03, 2024
Foundational to developing the Agile mindset is practicing to become an effective collaborator–the first part of engaging–as well as understanding the principles of emergence and recognizing emergent...
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How to build a great company
JULY 02, 2024
Embarking on my European tour of tech companies in search of those that put the happiness and engagement of their employees first. I started to visualize the steps a company needs to take to create...
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Four steps to innovating your workplace
JULY 02, 2024
When I deliver workshops the participants are always buzzing with ideas. My objective is to help them to start implementing the learning right away.
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The Mindful Business Conference: Experiments in Mindfulness
JULY 01, 2024
As some of the world’s top organizations put the importance of employee health and happiness first, the question of how to create a more stress-free workplace environment is a hot topic. At last...
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A simple framework for building a company that matters
JULY 01, 2024
A new business era beckons. There’s a new breed of entrepreneur putting purpose before profits and measuring success in the happiness of their employees and customers, not revenue. It’s time we made...
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What ants can teach us about self-organization
JULY 01, 2024
I listened to a fascinating episode on NPR’s TED Radio Hour a few months back, Why ants don’t need a leader. The interview with biologist Deborah Gordon fascinated me.
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The most important work meeting? A High Level Meeting with yourself
JULY 01, 2024
Although I have a regular work schedule, I take time to go for long walks on the beach so that I can listen to what is going on inside my head. If my work isn’t going well, I lie down in the middle...
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Why should we care about our company core values?
JUNE 27, 2024
This piece offers a practical way to discover the common core values in your team and how to generate a conversation about them. It’s for everyone who wants his or her team to benefit from...
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The art of public speaking: developing presence and overcoming the fear
JUNE 27, 2024
Seinfeld put it perfectly when he described how the majority of us viscerally feel when we think about public speaking. He said: At a funeral most people would rather be in the casket than at the...
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Should we measure everything?
JUNE 27, 2024
Human beings are naturally curious, forming questions, looking for answers, and experimenting — it’s all in our nature. Adaptation is key to evolution and survival — in both nature and in business.
