Tag: leadership
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The Four Keeps: A Framework for Understanding Human Behaviour
When artificial intelligence began its rapid rise, something unexpected happened: people panicked—not just about job loss, but about losing their place, their status, their security, their belonging. The reaction was visceral, animal, primal. And it revealed something crucial: beneath every rational decision we make about strategy, culture, and organisational design, four ancient drives are running…
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THE LIGHTS STAY ON: A Chronicle of Slow Disintegration
Part I: The Invisible Severance The country—USA, but it could be any—does not end with a crash. It ends with an invoice—unpaid, forever. This is the first truth, and perhaps the cruelest one: that the collapse is not dramatic. There are no rolling blackouts or bread lines forming at dawn. Instead, there is a slow…
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Going Live Down Under on Thorium
Zero Deaths by Design – How Thorium is the Safest Energy System on the Planet Last Tuesday, I had the privilege of presenting at Engineers Australia’s webinar on Thorium technology for energy production. It was energising to engage with such a thoughtful audience of engineers who are genuinely interested in understanding this transformative energy solution. The…
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Advice from Richard Branson: give your employees freedom
Insights from one of the world’s most successful men, by Jack Preston of Virgin You won’t come across many people who have never had a boss. The thought of not having someone to answer to at work is a peculiar one for most people, however for Richard Branson it’s a natural state of affairs.”Having always worked…
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Social Engineering: Self-Organising, Collaborating Groups, or Sociocracy for short
When you really want your project, family and community to hum, and not screech How do you improve human group dynamics, and allow people be more productive, business to be more profitable, groups to be more self reliant, whilst at the same time have it be more satisfying, more rewarding and straight out more enjoyable…
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EU and IMF will spend $40 billion to bail out Greece. What is your opinion on this issue?
From a Linkedin Discussion: All The Global Leaders in the European Developed Markets My comment: They are just extending the credit on their “credit card”, and using future tax income (from salaries) to pay for it. This drives the wrong habits – fixing inhuman balance sheets and ignoring the human element. It drives the ‘need’…
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Tips from a Leader – Samir Brikho
6 points from a world class business leader Samir puts out a weekly email to staff working at Amec – around 20,000 people work for this company. He has 6 good pointers for success: We all learn quickly that we each have different talents and strengths and need to work hard to overcome our weaknesses.…
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