#FutureNow, Disruption, Scarce Skills, Talent
You may have picked up a touch of cynicism in my title? Not because I think the concept of Grit deserves it, only because I often smile when the people performance consulting world finds a new current next big thing. We’ve had excellence, diversity, innovation,...
#CrayonProject, Creativity, Play, Scarce Skills
So, is Creativity declining? The short answer is yes. It has been in America since 1990. From 1990 to 2008 there has been a steady decline in creativity in the US, according to research conducted by Kyung Hee Kim at the College of William & Mary. While I...
#FlyingUnstable, Disruption, Leadership, Organisational Development, Scarce Skills, Technology, Trends
Are robots taking our jobs? Over the last few weeks, I’ve written a few posts around machines and robots and how they’ll be kicking you out of your job as soon as they build one that can, which won’t be very long at all. You can read those here, and here. According to...
Blog, Creativity, Featured, Scarce Skills, Talent, TED, Trends
 I must confess I’ve watched this clip (embedded below) three times to get my head around it (both halves, hahaha). Partly because it’s a massive chunk of information presented in a very short space of time, and partly because the animation kidnapped my...
Blog, Creativity, Featured, Future World of Work, Scarce Skills, Talent
When you meet someone who can’t read and write and would like to learn, you never ever step back and assess their ability, or analyze their character and personality traits to assess whether they can or not? The majority of us will help them find a tutor or...
