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An unusual German New Year’s tradition
If you click on this link you will watch the most frequently repeated TV program of all time. It is a 1963 English comedy sketch called Dinner for One, starring Freddie Frinton and May Warden.…
14th January 2019 -
Do you value your snowflakes?
No, this is not a pejorative use of ‘snowflake’ to take a poke at the perceived fragility of younger people. Take a look at this 80-second clip from David Attenborough’s ‘Frozen Planet’.…
14th January 2019 -
Illusion Slaying
The great writer, poet and philosopher Arthur Koestler once maintained that nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion. We disagree. As OD professionals, we believe that part of our…
5th June 2018 -
Unlocking the X Factor to deliver organisational change
The 2015 CIPD Learning and Development Survey[i] found that a top priority for leadership development was to equip leaders to drive culture change in organisations. Since the survey was published this has…
4th May 2018 -
The Knowing – Doing Gap in Diversity and Inclusion
The book ‘The Knowing – Doing Gap’, written by Professors Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton[1], is one of the great classics in management literature. The insights they share in this bestseller…
4th May 2018