I recently learned that two of my clients are stopping all capital expenditure (capex) in the new financial year. Others are halting their graduate recruitment initiatives, or simply doing nothing differently, hoping this is all a figment of President Obama’s imagination.
Somewhere, somehow, these fine people have been deceived! They have compromised the core, based on [...]
I must agree with Michael Le Boeuf who said that, “behaviour that is rewarded is behaviour that is repeated”.
People do not follow the “written” rules, or “enshrined” values. We learn very quickly how “things are done around here,” and adapt our behaviour to maximise the returns.
But what if the culture is outdated, old-fashioned or unhealthy? [...]
I happened to be watching a documentary recently about the Great Barrier Reef. The music was so soothing, and the voice-over artist so mellow in her delivery, that I found myself reflecting deeply on a phrase casually spoken.
The comment was that creatures in the Reef have three main needs: “to eat, not to be eaten [...]