Tag archive for cognitive biases

Combatting workplace loneliness with some essential humanity

Combatting workplace loneliness with some essential humanity

On 20th June, Radio 4’s Today Programme featured, in its Thought for the Day slot, a piece by the Reverend Lucy Winkett, Rector of St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London. I must admit, if I’m not already in the commuter maelstrom, I tend to use TftD…

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Organisations seem permanently to be reorganising. It’s important to get this right

Organisations seem permanently to be reorganising. It’s important to get this right

In business if change is the new normal and the pace of change continues to increase, then the challenge to keep up, let alone flourish, places a heavy burden on leadership teams. A typical response to these difficulties appears to be a reorg (it even…

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Outsmart your biases and improve your business relationships

Outsmart your biases and improve your business relationships

Very few people now argue with the good sense of establishing and nurturing longer-term, fully functioning business relationships. While the theory is accepted, however, the practice of pursuing optimal collaborations can often lag behind the received wisdom. Of course, it is rare for businesses immediately to…

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