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Why so serious?

June 17, 2015
Imagine if you could boost engagement and wellbeing, encourage creativity and collaboration and improve analytical precision and productivity. Better yet, imagine…
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Rebel with a cause?

June 9, 2015
A beautiful blonde woman in an elegant evening dress receiving an award in a glitzy ceremony on TV. It felt…
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Nourish don’t numb

May 27, 2015
Numbers are the nub of many presentations, yet the challenge is not to numb but inspire, nourish and nurture our…
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How does this make me a better…

May 20, 2015
I saw a children’s movie recently and came away – somewhat surprisingly – with a fantastic business hack. Big Hero…
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More Champagne, please

May 13, 2015
It was an early-morning flight to Brisbane.  The severe storms in Sydney meant delays, long queues and grumpy passengers.  The…
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Gradually then suddenly

April 29, 2015
Rural Spain, 1920s.  Two characters have just met in Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises.  Each one is trying to figure…
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Your inner guerilla

April 15, 2015
What if you looked out of your window and saw acres of unmown public land?  Overgrown because the city had…
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The ‘Whole’ truth or daredevil?

April 8, 2015
We all love stories of human endeavour, especially when an underdog beats the odds and triumphs over adversity.  We admire…
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Expectations, empathy and elephants

April 1, 2015
Recently I hurt my left eye.  Unfortunately it happened when I harmlessly rubbed it, rather than during a swashbuckling misadventure!…
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Can you guess the most powerful brand in the world today?

March 18, 2015
What is the most powerful brand in the world?  Is it Apple, or Nike or, the new kid on the…
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The dress that broke the internet

March 11, 2015
Last week the internet divided into two vociferous factions – all over the colour of a dress!  Not since Monica Lewinsky’s infamous blue…
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What really matters in business?

March 4, 2015
I have a confession to make.  I have become addicted to the Australian series of Shark Tank.  It’s a master class…