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January 2024

Can AI be a good listener?
The important work of engaging with empathy
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Creative Differences in 2024
As another year of the Gregorian calendar rolls around it is customarily time to look ahead, although this year I can’t say I am looking forward. There…
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November 2023

Explaining expertise
Last week a mentoring conversation turned to the subject of expertise. That particular discussion revolved around a couple of topics. The first, simple…
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The problem with problems
The most controversial chapter of my book Innovating is certainly The Problem with Problems. I have had so many comments about it! Some people think I…
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Networking, collaboration and friendship
There's more to life than linking-in
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October 2023

Bringing emotional intelligence to artificial intelligence
It doesn’t take much for a machine to beat me at backgammon. Level 2 will do it. If you ask Alison, it doesn’t take much for a GPS to find a better…
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July 2023

Book Review: Time to Listen, by Indi Young
Time to Listen, by Indi Young There’s a new movie coming to Netflix titled titled Average Height, Average Build. It’s from Adam Mckay, renowned for his…
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Business and ritual
I have been watching a team recently who are spinning up a new project. Of course, they must have a daily stand-up meeting, even though they are in 4…
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The Great Attrition? It's More Like The Great Alienation
We read a lot these days about The Great Attrition or The Great Resignation, an economic trend which, we are told, has led to a serious labour shortage…
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Craft and innovation
Craft is simply the work we do with our hands, our minds, and our hearts; whatever our work may be, with those commitments it can become our craft. As a…
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