Volunteering your time and energy not only means that you are giving of yourself and growing personally, it also means that you are getting an edge in the employment stakes. Going beyond yourself and leaving a legacy is a real virtue, but there is also a side spin-off in that it sets you apart in the employment market. Try it out…what have you got to lose? […]
Trying different things or stepping up or putting yourself forward in some way is not always easy. Why? Generally speaking, FEAR holds us back. What if it doesn’t work? What if we fail? What if we look stupid? Here are some tips for stepping out of the comfort zone. […]
Do they or don’t they assist productivity? Is it simply a cheap option for corporates in terms of office space? This debate has been going on for a decade or more.
View article in the Herald Sun, 2009
View article in the Herald Sun, 2010
Australians typically work hard and regrettably, don’t take their full entitlement of annual leave. Naturally the leave accumulates. But at what cost to their mental and physical health?
Early August has seen unprecedented rioting in the UK, first in London and then spreading to other parts such as Birmingham and Manchester. But this was rioting and looting with a difference; a big difference. Yes, it might have been started by the police shooting of a drug dealer in Tottenham, but the rioters in other parts of England had no concern for that particular situation.
Now that the carnage and anarchy has subsided, the real questions are being asked. […]
As I indicated in a previous blog post, the riots and looting in London and beyond are a wake-up call for us all (see “The UK Rocks, but for all the Wrong Reasons”).
Who says that it could not happen here in Australia? […]
Early August has seen unprecedented rioting in the UK, first in London and then spreading to other parts such as Birmingham and Manchester. But this was rioting and looting with a difference; a big difference. Yes, it might have been started by the police shooting of a drug dealer in Tottenham, but the rioters in other parts of England had no concern for that particular situation.
Now that the carnage and anarchy has subsided, the real questions are being asked. […]
Get your head around this. According to Prof Urs Gasser who is the Executive Director of the Berkman Centre for Internet and Society, and the author of “Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives,” the following is true:
So, how will we attempt to get across this vast avalanche of information that is not only immense in size, but is coming at us at such a rapid rate?
Will we need to employ “Information Sifters” to sort through the myriad of information and get to the crux of what we’re after? One thing is for certain, we won’t be able to sort it through ourselves.
It was only a small article in “The Advertiser” (Tues, 19th July, 2011), but it caught my eye.
A survey in the United Kingdom found that most of us lose patience after just 2.5 minutes. At that point of 150 seconds, 60% of us began to show obvious signs of annoyance such as muttering and shifting around, and at 5 minutes, half of the 3,000 adults questioned walked away from a queue such as in the Post Office, waiting for a train, or trying to get into a bar because they felt the anger mounting.
Interestingly, one in three rant at strangers if they are made to wait. And 1 in 6 adults admitted to having a row with a shop assistant.
The triggers that get our dander up include the following: […]
Dr Stephen Covey wrote in his book “The 8th Habit” that “We live in a Knowledge Worker Age but operate our organisations in a controlling Industrial Age model that absolutely suppresses the release of human potential [bold type mine]” (Page 15). Just substitute the word “schools” for “organisations” and you have it.
Our schools were originally designed to put students in rows in order to learn to read and write so that they could move off the farms and into the factories for the Industrial era. Not much has changed really.
