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Monthly Archives: July 2009

Appearing on The Coaching Show – tomorrow (Wed) 8:30am

I’m really looking forward to my call tomorrow morning on The Coaching Show. We’ll be looking at what you should be thinking about, as a coach, when you’re hired by people looking to find work, and to find their “right … Continue reading

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Thiagi, Corporate Trainer Extraordinaire

Dr Sivasailam Thiagarajan – known to the world as Thiagi – is (and these are his own words) the resident mad scientist at the Thiagi Group,  an organization with a mission of helping people improve their performance effectively and enjoyably. … Continue reading

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“You have to make it live before…” (Great Work quote)

“You have to make it live before you can understand how it works.” ~ Steven Johnson, Emergence It’s a terrific book this one, tackling the big big question: how does complexity get created. That is, how do the simple building … Continue reading

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The Friday Grab Bag: Three others’ posts to read (July 10)

Follow Michael Bungay Stanier on Twitter Three smart posts from the past week or so. 1. What should I do on your birthday? (And vice-versa) Seth wrote this on July 4th, for obvious reasons. But he didn’t know that July … Continue reading

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How many days do you have left?

One billion Line up an elephant, a hummingbird, your favourite pet … and you. What do you have in common? (Apart from the good looks, of course.) The answer I’ve got is that you’re all born with about a billion … Continue reading

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