Why leadership development is about consistency extraordinaire
This week marks the end of my participation in the Coaching for Leaders Academy 2017-2018 cohort. I was accepted to the Academy last October for 12-month training program and I just cannot believe that those 12 months have already passed. It has been 12-months of waking up 4.30 a.m. every second Wednesday to make sure […]
Building blocks in drafting a winning strategy
I have been moving to a new house and this process has opened up a Pandora’s box of customer experiences with very different kinds of companies. This has come down to choosing electricity providers, trying to get the roof fixed, internet connected, you name it. The beauty of moving houses is that it really provides […]
3 mistakes most people do in career transitions
Those of you following me in Twitter or LinkedIn already know that only last week I began a new job at my university, transitioning from research role to a role of lecturer in environmental policy where my job will consist of teaching, research and service. Given many people have flagged to me how teaching often […]
The 4 kinds of people you need for breakthrough success
So for those of you who read my last blog post on creativity, it might have seemed somewhat superficial. Some of you might be asking so what if there are assumptions about creativity and the lone genius, how is that going to help me to get more creative? Well the good news is that now […]
De-mystifying Creativity: the real strategy to empower the creative you
My latest book purchase is Allen Gannett’s The Creative Curve: How to Develop the right idea at the right time. I came across this book first on one of my favourite podcasts Learning Leader (episode 268) where Ryan Hawk interviews guests and tries to help us to understand how to reach and attain excellence in […]
How climate adaptation is moving forward
This week it has been upheaval one after another. Australian politics at the moment seems to be in full disarray with climate change again being at the centre of controversy as a policy issue. Yet, the good news is that climate adaptation is still moving forward in many ways. Yesterday we organised as part of […]
Why sound decision-making is ultimately about how you deal with surprises
We often focus on key decisions and are interested in how top performers, such as CEOs and top athletes, make decisions. Apparently, all we need to do is to model their behaviour, glean into their secrets and then implement these in our lives. Research into decision points in particular (what major decisions people have taken) […]
Are we heading to Hothouse Earth?
This past week the news have not been any getting better. The heat waves are still affecting countries: in South Korea, temperatures around +39 are said to prevail at least 23 consecutive days and in southern Europe, temperatures are still abnormally high. In California, wild fires are ranging to the extent that now the military […]
Unprecedented yet so close: why heatwaves and flooding could be here to stay
This past week the news have sizzled with news about extreme fire events, large ranging bushfires in Sweden and Greece. Japan declared last week the heatwave a disasters while being faced with an unprecedented heatwave. 22 000 people were taken to hospital and this has impacted the elderly in particular. Portugal is set to face […]
How to create leadership and innovation at work place?
I have just finished reading Richard Feynman’s book Surely you are joking Mr Feynman!” It’s a unique book in explaining how one of the great minds in physics thought about life, and more importantly how he maintained an innate curiosity and often questioned the very basic assumptions of physics in order to better understand the […]