Asking great questions: some notes
I’m updating my Asking Great Questions / Excellent questions program. Here are some notes: Listening to this podcast about African engineers designing things…
Technical specialists make for better teams?
I have a weird resistance to the information provided in this Harvard Business Review podcast. The way that they conducted the research doesn’t sit well with…
A feedback option that works
You want to get feedback so you can improve. But it’s hard to take sometimes. Here’s a useful nugget from Seth Godin. He suggests that when we receive…
Useful tools for consulting
Consulting tools that can help you be better at consulting? I’ll help you! Here are some of the consulting tools in my collection: With no sign up, you can…
Motivate yourself!
It’s not talent that distinguishes the great from the also-ran. It’s motivation. Here are: three ways to motivate yourself stories to tell yourself to…
Books I recommend
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Do less and obsess - so you gotta say no
Do less and obsess is the first of 7 principles that top performers have in common in Morten Hansen’s book Work Less Achieve more (podcast here). Here are…
Improvisation makes your team smarter, faster, nicer
Improv is now a subject in MBAs, a way to improve field service, scientific endeavour, team work in hospitals and more. Here are some links: three ways improve can…
The Podcast
I’m working on a podcast. I’m talking to data science professionals about how they work smarter, faster and nicer. The form is still evolving. I have…
Purpose and making money from art?
It seems a popular idea that you can do what you love and the money will follow. I’m not certain that it’s actually true. I do know that I love most…
Make Emotions Less Emotional
When I ran my improv session for the Australasian Facilitators’ Network Conference recently, I mentioned that being able to reframe on the fly was especially…
Get the best money
You get what you negotiate. This article will help you negotiate salary, benefits, your home loan. How To Negotiate Salary: 5 Secrets Backed By Research And here…