Just like in any good relationship, communication is critical. When it comes to workplace and project failures, more often than not, you’ll find it comes down to misunderstandings and ineffective communication. We’re sure it comes as no surprise that poor...
How to be a great leader: the secret is vulnerability
The world is full of CEOs and leaders who think they know it all. The tech industry is especially guilty of it. Jeff Bezos , Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk have all been called out for their aggressive leadership styles, characterised by arrogance, bravado, entitlement...
How change affects intuitive thinkers and what you can do about it
According to the Whole Brain® framework, workers who prefer relational and experimental thinking styles tend to be more intuitive. They use their gut instinct and emotions to guide decision-making processes, rather than relying on fact-based analysis of the situation...
Brain Trust Blueprint: The #1 Trait of Unbeatable Teams
Teams have never been more important in business. But with the demands and complexities of today’s work environment—not to mention the challenges of working with global, remote or regularly changing team members—working in a team isn’t always easy. A great team is a...
Who you need on your team: how to build the ideal team for your start-up
A business is only as strong as the people working in it. This is true of any business, but when it comes to a startup, the quality of your staff can have a huge impact on your chances of success. While startup founders and entrepreneurs are often idolised for their...
How to work with people you don’t like
You can spend upwards of 40 hours a week with your co-workers. Have you ever stopped to think that on any given weekday, you could be spending more time with your work family than your actual family? And unfortunately, you can’t choose who that work family is. As is...
Improving Teamwork: The Introversion/Extroversion Variable
A lot of the work we do is with teams. We work with leadership teams, project teams, virtual teams, teams that are thrown together at the last minute and teams that have been together for a long time. And one of the most interesting things we see in teams is how the...
Why agile thinking should be at the heart of any change management plan
Change is hard. Just ask Borders Bookstore, who went bankrupt after a strategic change saw them investing heavily in CDs and DVDs, right as the industry was going digital. Or Time Warner and AOL, whose merger failed catastrophically because no one accounted for the...
The importance of Whole Brain® Thinking in the age of Artificial Intelligence
From how we fly our planes to how we order our pizza, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning are transforming how humans experience their everyday lives. Across industries of all kinds - aviation, finance, healthcare, even the creative arts - AI and machine...