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At a young age Francisco Tarrega-Eixea lost his eye sight due to an unfortunate incident, just out of reach of his babysitter. So he had to learn new ways to communicate. Franceso was born in Villarreal in 1852, a small…

This is the best message you can leave on a voice mail if you really want someone to actually call you back…. Why? We are born curious and it is this primary emotion that drives us to learn and to…

Richard Ellis is pursuing a portfolio career; formerly he was the head of Research and Development at Reckitt Benckiser. Stories of personal change seem to fall into two camps. The spontaneous ones where the story goes something like” well I…

We have all experienced the frustration of working across organisational silos where colleagues invest time and effort in protecting their space, their knowledge and their power to the detriment of the results. After my recent adventure to climb Kilimanjaro I…

Almost every management or leadership publication you read highlights the fact that we live in a knowledge economy, where any process work that can be re-engineered, computerized or outsourced to a lower-cost economy has been or is in the process of transitioning. The reality is that…

IDEA NO 1: Keep probing to understand the real issues in any exchange or undertaking. Try to link what you say to the larger objectives of the organisation, your business unit, function or team. That way everyone understands what’s “behind”…