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City firm that rose from the ashes…

There was a fascinating story in last Friday’s Evening Standard about the financial broking firm: Cantor Fitzgerald. On September 11th 2001, 658 of their employees died in the North Tower...

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More innovative uses of stories…

We’re always on the look out for innovative ways in which organisations are using stories and storytelling. It’s a bit like spotting cars. Somehow its only when you buy a...

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NEW – storytelling workshops for inspiring leaders

Inspiring leaders know how to tell a good story.  So we’re delighted to announce the launch of a brilliant new storytelling workshop for business leaders and communicators. This interactive and...

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Strategy. To serve and protect

One of the biggest opportunities facing todays leaders is to get the balance right between strategy and culture. Often the strategy is developed based on solid business thinking with a...

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Fiction into reality

I recently read about a large technology company commissioning science fiction (sci-fi) writers to pen short stories about their future technology and product uses. They believe this can help anticipate...

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That’s not my job

The first time you hear someone say this to you in the workplace it comes as a surprise. Yet actually it isn’t uncommon to hear. It has made me think...

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Rebekah Brooks builds a rogue culture?

I’m sure there’s not a CEO around who hasn't been following the Rebekah Brooks story and thinking: ‘could that have been me?’ Not the phone hacking of course, but the...

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Making the global local

I’ve just finished reading an interesting article about Dutch social psychologist, Geert Hofstede’s research into cultural differences in the workplace. For Hofstede, a country’s ‘way of doing things’ will have...

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Vision, mindset and grit

I’ve heard many motivational speakers in my time, but one person stands head and shoulders above the rest: Scott Burrows, one-time kick boxing champion and former athlete. I heard Scott...

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