Games to play at offsites
You’ve been asked to find some games for your team’s next offsite. Here are 5 that might work. You’ll find a download of more games (with more explanation)…
What is worth measuring
What is worth measuring? Is what we’re measuring worth measuring, or just easier to measure? Historian and author Jerry Muller of Catholic University talks…
Smarter data people Podcast: What's in it for you?
Want to build your personal brand, evangelise your personal insights on how to live a productive life, share your productivity hacks? Have you learnt valuable lessons…
Train your data science team: 6 ways to muck it up
Training your data science team is tough. They are already fabulously smart. Making them smarter, faster and nicer is hard. It needs focus determination and the…
Nudging
How do you get people to do what is good for them? How do you help them make a choice that works for you and for them? It’s all about the nudge. This McKinsey…
Skills Matter
Interesting whitepaper from the Institute of Analytics Professionals. I know that I’m skewed towards the importance of soft skills in the decision sciences,…
Culture codes
I really loved the Culture Code, Dan Coyles’s recent book. In this podcast he summarises the important ideas around creating psychological safety which he…
Humanising the workplace
How do we make the workplace more human? It’s not always announced in the workplace that “this is an ethical moment” This podcast from Kelly Leonard…
Leaders come in early as a coach, not late as a judge
The most effective leaders set review dates not just due dates. This allows them to come in early as a coach, not late as a judge. It gives the person doing the…
Link it to purpose and people will do more
This research from Adam Grant on fundraising shows how much more effective it can be to link people’s work to a the people they’re doing it for. Not…