During my life in the corporate world, like most people, I spent alot of time in meetings. Often these achieved little and seemed to be devices to fill up the days of managers who wanted to feel important. Once I
Rage in the data cage
Many of you will be familiar with our popular series of blog posts and White Paper on the Data Zoo which explores a number of generic behaviours people exhibit towards data. This post explores the effects on data behaviours when
Secrets of a good presentation (Part 3 of 3)
This is the third and final part of a three part blog post providing guidance on how to create and deliver an effective presentation. Part 1 provided guidance on how to develop your content. Part 2 gave tips on how
Secrets of a good presentation (Part 2 of 3)
This is the second part of a three part blog post providing guidance on how to deliver a good presentation. Part 1 explained how to develop your content. This part focuses on the actual delivery of the presentation.
Secrets of a good presentation (Part 1 of 3)
I’ve just spent a few days away at a conference where there was a huge variety of presentation styles and effectiveness of presentations, some good and some much less so. This has prompted me to write this three part post
Are you playing on the pitch?
There have been pages of newspaper coverage and hours of debate devoted recently to England’s poor performance at the World Cup in South Africa. This has prompted a timely post from guest blogger Rhys Jones of Teamfactor which is also relevant
Reinventing the wheel
I’ve come across a few examples recently where people either have, or have nearly, re-invented something that already existed in an organisation. This can be termed “re-inventing the wheel”. Clearly, such activities would be a waste of resources, but what
Is there stormy weather ahead?
As a facilitator I’ve worked with a wide range of teams from those planning the strategic future of the company through to small teams trying to solve their day to day issues. I find the way teams work fascinating and