As my colleague Nick McRoberts noted last week, errors are common, both in science and in business, and having to admit that we were wrong is one of the most difficult things to do. In this article I will look at the size of the problem and the underlying causes...
One of the most difficult things that we all face at some point is having to admit that we were wrong. I don’t mean minor mistakes like predicting the weekend weather incorrectly that we can shrug off by mumbling “errare humanum est”. I’m referring to the difficult,...
Engaging people at the Intellectual level requires that we co-create (create with them instead of broadcast) clarity, meaning and ownership about what we wish to engage them in. Several tools and practices exist and most of them have to do with creating a space where...
This is what I received a few days ago from a British (obviously Eurosceptic) friend: Pythagoras’ Theorem: 24 words. Lord’s Prayer: 66 words. Archimedes’ Principle: 67 words. Ten Commandments: 179 words. Gettysburg Address: 286 words. US Declaration...
A discrete, sometimes hidden, part of the work some of my senior partners and I do, has to deal with Team Coaching, in other words reconstruct the bridge of Trust that bad habits, tensions, pressure or lack of transparency have badly damaged. Mistrust, suspicion,...
