• MBA – Tongji University – Shanghai – The class of 2019

    MBA – Tongji University – Shanghai – The class of 2019

    16th June 2020

    MBA – Tongji University – Shanghai – The class of 2019    

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  • Uncommon Sense

    Uncommon Sense

    11th May 2019

    Departure from Best Practice This paper marks a departure from contemporary thinking to employee resourcing. It rethinks the approach used […]

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  • Leadership @ the Edge of the World

    Leadership @ the Edge of the World

    11th May 2019

    A Shipwreck Study “The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea” “Below the 40th parallel south […]

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  • Five monkeys and a banana

    Five monkeys and a banana

    11th May 2019

    Harlow’s classical Animal Psychology experiment is used as an analogy to explain the creation and maintenance of corporate culture, rules, […]

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  • Working with You Is Killing Me – Part #1

    Working with You Is Killing Me – Part #1

    1st April 2019

    Being Hooked – Emotional Traps Credit: This chapter draws on the work of, and gives credit to, Katherine Crowley and […]

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  • Working with You Is Killing Me – Part #2

    Working with You Is Killing Me – Part #2

    1st April 2019

    The Empty Persona This blog builds on an excellent, but not well known article – Managing Away Bad Habits – […]

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  • Working with You Is Killing Me – Part #3

    Working with You Is Killing Me – Part #3

    1st April 2019

    Fatal Attraction Credit: This chapter draws on the work of, and gives credit to, Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster, whose […]

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  • What’s Wrong with Ability Tests

    What’s Wrong with Ability Tests

    1st April 2019

    One of the main disappointments in our profession is the current state of commercial Ability tests. After nearly 100 years […]

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  • The Dark Side of Leadership

    The Dark Side of Leadership

    1st April 2019

    Swimming against the current… We are looking for people with a potential to fail… On the route to become a […]

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  • Pelé or Maradona?

    Pelé or Maradona?

    1st April 2019

    Pelé or Maradona? — Probably the biggest ever debate among football lovers. The first led teams of ‘magicians’ to three World […]

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  • Business Lessons from Lady Gaga

    Business Lessons from Lady Gaga

    1st April 2019

    Some say the meteoric rise of Lady GaGa to fame will be short‐lived and that she will disappear from the […]

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  • Damage Limitation

    Damage Limitation

    1st April 2019

    Preventing Liability and Derailment After being extradited to the remote Elba Island in 1814, Napoleon did not waste time feeling […]

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  • Beyond IQ – Advances in Assessment of Intellect

    Beyond IQ – Advances in Assessment of Intellect

    1st April 2019

    The traditional view of intelligence and its applications are challenged by a new model based on the capacity to handle […]

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