June 21, 2016
I’ve been interested in Professor Michael Wesch’s teaching methods for some time and have followed his use of social media in the classroom (via social media naturally). So I was fascinated to read this Chronicle of Higher Education piece on Wesch’s decision to ‘reboot’ on hearing that his ideas aren’t working…
March 30, 2016
I’m looking forward to hosting the European Regional Meeting of the ISPSO at the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin this week. We will have 40 delegates who are interested in the unconscious at work discussing the meeting theme: Working from the periphery, leading from the edge. The meeting will be…
March 2, 2016
Super graphic from Torben Rick on what’s going on below the surface regarding change.
October 29, 2015
I keep returning to Margaret Heffernan’s TED talk on constructive and creative conflict. Her invitation (one with which I agree) is to consider conflict a creative conversation about difference. More than that she goes further – how about surrounding ourselves with people who are different to us…it’s a challenging concept.…
September 8, 2015
The second part of my conversation with Charlie Taylor at the Irish Times focussed on perks at work. Are free sandwiches, gym membership etc enough to keep you working for your current employer? Or, would those perks be the deciding factor between two jobs of equal merit? I, for one,…
August 24, 2015
I was interviewed by Charlie Taylor from the Irish Times about the dreaded performance review. Following the news that Accenture is dropping the process there’s a flurry of interest in whether these processes are of any value or not. Lucy Kellaway writes about it here. My own view about performance…
March 24, 2015
It’s always nice to get positive feedback. A bottle of champagne is terrific…perhaps a card or two? But what about when a student tells you that you have successfully dismantled his entire understanding of people management in a two hour class on Managing Change Well that’s delicious feedback. Why? Because…
March 23, 2015
This New York Times article from 2012 highlights the way work/life balance has been organised and, how that dividing line is shifting. It used to be ‘work/life balance’ and now, it’s ‘work/life integration’. More and more companies it seems are offering perks to help workers manage home life from the perspective…
September 4, 2014
Financial Times journalist Jo Ellison in an article entitled Fear and Clothing reviews two books which argue the case for why clothes and fashion matter. Women in Clothes by Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits and Leanne Shapton began with a survey of over 600 people about their relationship with clothes. Worn Stories by Emily Spivack describes the emotional…
