Imagine you are leading a team. The ‘debate, decide, deliver’ model is a good one for involving your people in owning parts of the strategy. Let’s look at how this works in practice. Start by giving people clear guidelines about the freedom they have to operate with the 3 [...] Continue Reading…

“I like working with people who are making the ‘new rules’ in their chosen field,” said one person. “Certainly I can help those who are trying to be creative inside the ‘old rules’, but sometimes institutions can squash people’s enthusiasm. It’s great encouraging individuals and teams who are pioneering [...] Continue Reading…

How can you facilitate a mentoring session? One approach is to follow the classic ‘5C’ model which is based on creative problem-solving. This encourages the mentee to focus on their challenges, choices, consequences, creative solutions and conclusions. Let’s explore how you can follow these steps in your own way.

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How can you live your values? How can you be true to yourself? How can you live in what the existentialists call ‘good faith’? One approach is to clarify your values, translate these into a clear vision and deliver visible results. Sounds simple in theory, but it can be [...] Continue Reading…

Imagine you are a team leader. Your team has been given a deadline by which they must deliver a specific goal. How can you tell whether your team has the desire and discipline required to reach its destination?

One approach is to start from the end and work backwards through [...] Continue Reading…

1) Philosophy and Background.

Ashoka is a pioneering organisation that supports social entrepreneurs across the world. These entrepreneurs aim to improve the quality of peoples’ lives. They may focus on education, medical care, agriculture, housing, broadcasting or any field of human need. Such people have the passion and practical skills [...] Continue Reading…

Imagine you have been asked to run a super teams workshop for a team. It will be important to meet with the leader before the actual team session. Here are 3 steps you can take during the pre-meeting to prepare properly for the workshop.
1) You can clarify the goals [...] Continue Reading…

What kind of person are you? Are you positive, negative or a mixture of both? What do other people feel after meeting you? What do they say about you? Do you have a positive attitude? Despite any current challenges, do you have ‘reasons to be cheerful’? Looking at your [...] Continue Reading…

People can choose to work in three places during their lives: the cottage, the castle or the cathedral. Some try all three. Let’s explore these places to work.
1) The cottage.
Creative people often start by working from the ‘cottage’. Because they have little money, they use their imagination to reach [...] Continue Reading…

“Why can’t you run a business without having problems?” somebody may ask. “There always seem to be difficulties – either with the products or the people. Do they ever go away?”

Paul Hawken, author of Growing a Business, has one answer. He studied many books by gurus, believing that one [...] Continue Reading…