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#putoutyourbats : When words aren’t enough

December 3, 2014
For a few days last week the entire country was on a knife’s edge, watching reports on the wellbeing of…
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What’s your ‘impact per minute’?

November 19, 2014
We recently concluded a phenomenally successful series, training speakers on how to craft and deliver a TED talk.  During the process Jon…
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The most powerful form of influence

November 5, 2014
What do you think most people would do if they found $40,000 on the street?  This is exactly what happened…
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A drop of megalomania

October 29, 2014
It was unusual to see Bono in a most “un-rock” moment recently.  U2’s latest album was automatically added, free of…
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More power to your palette

October 22, 2014
My local shopping strip has recently mounted a campaign to get us all to shop locally.  It’s interesting how the…
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The grass is resting

October 8, 2014
When was the last time you tuned into the safety briefing on board a plane?  It’s amazing to consider that…
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Lonely in Las Vegas?

October 1, 2014
What do you do when you are bumped off two flights and stuck in lonely, deserted Las Vegas airport overnight?…
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How would you like….?

September 24, 2014
“How would you like your hair cut?” a talkative barber asked a client.  “In silence”, the man replied!  This is one…
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Emotion: Tapping the final frontier

September 17, 2014
The roar of the crowd watching football on a large-screen TV on Saturday immediately drew me into the cafe.   And…
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$US80 million and counting: The recipe for going viral

September 10, 2014
David Beckham and Brad Pitt have done it, and Kim Kardashian even caved in. But in a classic Kim moment,…
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David Bowie is…

September 3, 2014
I’m a huge David Bowie fan and was excited to learn that an international touring exhibition on David Bowie is…
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The overlap between happiness & a great presentation

August 27, 2014
I was sitting next to a wellbeing expert recently on a plane and she said there are three simple keys…