A different take on how to equip yourself for the future. — This is a companion article to my friend and colleague Jade McAndrew-Barlow’s “These 5 Micro Skills Give You Career Agility”. I take a different approach to Jade’s excellent one, so that all the bases are covered. As the last few years have shown, we live in very uncertain times. The…

Words have the power to enable or disable, empower and disempower. So with great power comes great responsibility. — As someone whose life’s trajectory (see an earlier article) has been focused on development and growth, I have seen over and over again the impact words can have. For some of my students, friends and family a few words have been immensely powerful. Yet for others, I’ve seen how a…

If you are like me, you were taught the importance of career planning. What we were taught was wrong. Let’s examine why. — I remember sessions in school when we looked at career possibilities and discussed, for those of us who were heading towards what in those days was considered a career, how to craft a successful career. Now in my day only 5% of school leavers went to university, so it was…

Covid had unexpected impacts on the workforce and the changes are not going to go away, nor should they — Over my lifetime I have seen a major swing in workplace relations, from significant power in the hands of workers because of widespread and often legally enforced unionism, to the recent years of virtually destroyed unions and the power very much in the hands of business. But have recent events…

Can it be a coincidence that Putin committed to the full invasion of Ukraine the day following Defender of the Fatherland Day? As someone who clearly longs for the old days of Soviet power, the symbolism of initiating the real invasion following what used to be called Red Army Day…

Five Core Principles for Effective Learning — I started teaching in 1979, when, as a third year undergraduate student, I was given a 1st year class to teach. Since then I’ve taught thousands of students, designed courses from short courses to Masters degrees and bailed out courses that were in trouble. Over 43 years I have had…

A great article Ellie. You express so well the orientation of great teachers. Thank you

Finding Better Systems With Some Lateral Thinking My wife and daughter both work in retail. For my wife this is her career. For my daughter it is something she does when there is not work on for her in the film industry. Both have worked across many businesses, from national chains to small, single location stores. …

A good article Nathan. Thanks. What you are talking about, it seems to me, is a return to the way 'science' was at the time when Newton could have more books in his library on alchemy than physics and be comfortable with that. It is, perhaps, the old discipline of…