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Jackie: Lessons in Brand Management
Anybody concerned with the creation of brand stories – be they personal, corporate or organisational – would be well-advised to go and see Jackie, the Pablo Larraín directed biopic of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. As it happens, the film isn’t really a biopic at all. If you want to discover more of a sense of the… — read more
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Who’s The Boss? Leadership & Authenticity
When it comes to authentic leadership, are you ready to nail your colours to the wall? After the piercing tone of 2016 (a year where the “Oh-my-god-what-now?”-o-meter consistently registered well above fever-pitch panic), have we got any indications yet what note 2017 will strike? Have we any glimmers of the picture ahead from the first… — read more
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The Culture Club: Why Worrying About Who You Are Is As Important As What You’re Going To Do
It’s a popular question for the business leader – “What keeps you awake at night?” Politically, it’s a tricky one to answer: tell them about something too specific, an operational ‘challenge’, a ‘testy’ market, and you could send the stock descending (or your own, at the very least); be too vague, or too complacent (“Oh,… — read more
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Workology: A New School Of Thought On Work In Education
Here’s a question for you: what is the study of work? What do we call that? Think about it. There’s Ergonomics, of course, the study of time and motion and the like, but nothing, as far as I can see, that’s very solid on work itself – Workology, as it were. Considering it’s the very thing… — read more
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Tales From Winde Cotig [sic]: Play At Work
These are dark times. The world seems to have gone crazier than ever. Senseless horror is a daily occurrence; dangerous men stalk the earth, looking for innocent prey. No wonder, then, in the midst of all this terror, this new dark age, we’re turning to our children to shed some light for us. Channel4 have… — read more