Storytelling, Business and Innovation
Storytelling, Business and Innovation is the title of a training conference planned by Sensei Learning and Performance with a little help from our friends. These colleagues are pictured above: Colin Nesbitt fron Innovation Express Ltd and Liz Weir. While Colin is a specialist in knowledge management and business problem-solving, Liz is a entrepreneur and storyteller of international...
Read MoreRecession Over in Northern Ireland?
Earlier this week, I posted a tweet about whether the NI recession is over. I simply asked, “Recession behind us?” Straightaway, a Northern Ireland academic used to working with young entrepreneurs gave it a thumbs up, assuming it was a positive thing. An IT Person (with so many enviable talents, I don’t know what else to call him) followed with a definite “No”...
Read MoreBeyond ‘Positive Thinking’
This is quick blog to make a quick point: there is a world of difference between ‘positive thinking’ and positive psychology. Positive thinking… …is a largely esoteric and notoriously vague concept. It was the brain child of Norman Vincent Peel. It has also been advocated by those associated with the New Age Movement, NLP and the farther reaches of the personal...
Read MoreThe Way of the Warrior Monk
I’ve been thinking about the Jedi again, and how they are a mythical type of the warrior-monk. Different cultures have expressed this type throughout the centuries: the Sohei warriors of ancient Japan, the Knights Templar, perhaps the Islamic Assassins, and definitely the Shaolin monks of Kung-Fu fame. There is something attractive to me about this combination of seeming opposites. The...
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