The “smart” business uses the dopamine approach

A powerful and complex neurotransmitter, a real energy booster and kickstarter, dopamine is a simple molecule that enables remarkable achievements. Too much or too little creates addiction or impatience, but in balance, it can make success happen. Elite sportspeople understand this and use it to their advantage. Time and results are pressures they overcome by […]

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The “corona-resilient” business is a joy to behold

Coronavirus is everywhere, affecting animals, humans and global ecosystems in ways that have made a mockery of our priorities. There’s no longer any question as to whether it is a real health crisis or just an exaggerated fear: in a few short weeks it became our new reality, one we built but didn’t choose. It […]

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The “talented” business knows how to turn a spark into a flame

“Speed is the new currency of business”, according to Marc Benioff at Davos 2016. Many businesses have adopted the notion that in a complex world, talent is a driver for speed, agility and performance. In fact, a better way to consider and nourish talent in individuals and teams is to invest in all aspects, to […]

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Desire drives the creation of 2024’s “ingenious” businesses

A living organism, sometimes even a fragile one, a business exists in and is interlinked with an ecosystem that is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA). The adventure must therefore be exciting, because it certainly won’t be comfortable: it may spark desire and ingenuity, but it will bring its fair share of fears too. Leaders […]

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The “visionary” business clearly reconnects with its body

The legacy of Descartes is clear to see in the culture of business performance, with cognitive power to the fore. “I think therefore I am” is a strong and undeniable reference point. Organisational vision is developed in the “head” and then cascaded to inspire and engage the “body” of  the organisation in the adventure of […]

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The breeding ground of the “toxic business”

Every business output or major project is born from human endeavour whose success depends on interpersonal relationships. With the 4th industrial revolution upon us and the complexity of the changes around us, exceptional skills have to be allied to a genuine “succeed together” approach to ensure success. Despite this, at the heart of increasingly interconnected […]

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The “heroic” business follows the journey of Joseph Campbell

From every crisis a hero emerges. By closely looking at the ways that myths and legends construct their stories, American professor of literature Joseph Campbell modelled a process of transformation that was new to audiences in the 1950s. The process, based on a series of trials, has become a tool for each organisation, team or […]

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What if we had a vaccine against fragility?

We’ve never had as many technologies as we have today to help us predict what will happen in the world. And yet we have the inescapable feeling that this knowledge continues to evade us, to slip between our fingers. Our history is built on paradigm-changing industrial revolutions, from coal and electricity to nuclear power, computing […]

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