Coaching
Coaching: Preparing for job interviews
Job interviews can be nerve-wracking at the best of times.
Thereâs pressure, uncertainty, intensity; itâs a set-piece with
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How-To Guides
How to build your network in a new city, country or culture
12 ways to get going when you find yourself in some place new
Moving around the world to live and
Learning Innovation
3 flavours of workshop
The word âworkshopâ can mean different things to different people.
Not remembering this can result in us being misunderstood. We
Resources
Introducing Coffee Notes: A template for better meetings
A big part of my discovery mission living in a new city was meeting people for
coffee. A lot of
Mindsets & Growth
Beyond the 1 hour meeting
The 1 hour slot has long been the default meeting duration â whether team
gatherings, introductory coffees, or job interviews.
While
Mindsets & Growth
7 Lessons from Jim Collins on The Tim Ferriss Show
> âIâm not really a business author; I just happen to have used companies as the
method to study
Stage Left
Hit Making: The Generation Game
One of the first things I learned working at a large talent agency was something
that helped fuel the success
The Tension
Suggestible, Susceptible?
All us humans are suggestible.
Entire industries have been built in part to exploit this trait: advertising,
hypnosis, magic.
To
Resources
The Portfolio Career Podcast
Two of things I love most about New York are its pay-it-forward approach and its
densely networked nature.
This combination
Mindsets & Growth
The Prestige
> âNow youâre looking for the secret.
But you wonât find it because of course, youâre not
Learning Innovation
80/20 in Group Dynamics
In a group of say a dozen people, you may notice 80% of the people speak. 20%
donât.
In
Learning, Education & Growth
Your Dunbar number
Dunbarâs number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom
one can maintain stable social
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Be Like Bowie
On a cold London morning in 2016, I headed over to the rarified climes of
Mayfair for a meeting.
It
Coaching
The arcade of the multiple mirrors
Letâs take a trip to a theme park.
This theme park is expansive, multi-layered, and stretches out as far
Learning Innovation
Winning at the great game: How to improve student results
The consistently excellent Farnam Street podcast recently featured a marathon
episode with the investor and educator Adam Robinson. It was
The Tension
Tension
Itâs everywhere we look. It shows up in our environment, in politics, in our
work, in our interactions.
Dealing
Learning Innovation
The 2 most important slides for your workshop
Theyâre obvious, but often missed.
Theyâre not glamorous, entertaining, jaw-dropping, or photogenic.
But they make a lasting impact,
Storytelling
The Crier, The Glue, The Word, and The Arrow
Go back a few hundred years and if you wanted to get the word out you may well
have chosen