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    A good sales person will be promoted to sales manager and suddenly won’t be selling any more, but managing others who are. No wonder then, without development and awareness, that they jump back into their teams day to day world at every opportunity. When they say ‘I could do this better’ they are probably right! Unfortunately getting down into the detail disempowers people, encourages abdication and affects the enjoyment of the Individuals.

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This is Water

  • by Rich
  • on May 17, 2013
  • under digital engagement
  • • 1 Comment

In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn’t become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death. It is, without a doubt, some of the best life advice we’ve ever come across, and perhaps the [...]

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Google Atmosphere – London 21 May 2013

  • by Rich
  • on May 20, 2013
  • under digital engagement, employee engagement, internal communications
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For those that know me, since 2009 I’ve been active in the corporate social media space, pioneering the use of twitter for crisis PR and online customer service. Back then, it was a relatively new phenomenon, and the work I was doing was greeted with interest, scepticism and in some cases, fear. Myself and other [...]

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Engage for Success – 4 years in the making #E4S

  • by Rich
  • on November 8, 2012
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Four year ago David Macleod and Nita Clarke published their ground-breaking study into employee engagement. The report, called Engaging for Success, commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, shared real-life case studies …

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Do you value Intuition?

  • by Rich
  • on September 17, 2012
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One of the areas I am studied during my MBA involved a look at how innovation and creativity manifest themselves in individuals and organisations. Part of this considers the perception we have of intuition. Rather than it be a ???magical??? ability th…

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Branch – from the creators of Twitter

  • by Rich
  • on August 26, 2012
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I’ve been invited to try out the new ‘conversation platform’ Branch, from the creators of Twitter. It’s a more structured and controlled way to have conversations about things. And you can choose who participates! I’m also interested in Branch as …

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