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I saw these posted today and obviously they have all sorts of major religious and philosophical importance, but if you are able to set that aside and just think about them, they contain not just wisdom but some pretty practical tools for Change.  They are worth dusting off and and applying. 1) THE GREAT LAW […][...] read more » The 12 Laws of Karma

This is the second in a series of interviews where I interview a number of the people who played a part in Harlequins remarkable turnaround from the team that was relegated in 2006 to the team which won the premiership this year.  This was a 10 year journey and it can teach us come interesting […][...] read more » Change Lessons from Harlequins – Tony Copsey (ex MD)

I was reading a story today about the fact that they have just proved that these cave paintings are over 41,000 years old, which is 15,000 years older than previously thought.  This means that they could have been done by either homo sapiens or Neanderthals.  Apparently, cave painting didn’t start till early man made it […][...] read more » Were Neanderthals the first bloggers?

Sometimes the most important thing to change is how people perceive  something.  We all label things and that label dictates how we respond to them; good or bad, hard or easy, important or trivial.  As a leader, one of the key things to do is to get people to see things the way that you […][...] read more » Penguins and The Power of Perception

As a Change professional, and a keen rugby fan I have been fascinated by the journey Harlequins Rugby club have been on for the last 10 years  or so.  Of course, now Harlequins are the premiership champions and have provided 9 players to the latest England squad currently touring South Africa, both the press and […][...] read more » Change Lessons from Harlequins – Mark Evans ex-CEO

Apparently the latest corporate ‘thing’ to try and make training sexy, is lessons from former rock stars such as Ian Gillian, from Deep Purple, and Bernie Tormé, from Ozzy Osourne’s band.  I know that the likes of (sir) Mick Jagger & Gene Simmonds have shrewd business brains.  Peter Cook, an MBA graduate and author, runs […][...] read more » Business lessons from Rock Gods?

As predicted on this blog 3 years ago, today Vodafone and Telefónica UK (O2’s owner) announced their plans to jointly roll out a shared 4G network.  Vodafone will run the masts on the west of the country and O2 those on the east.  It should mean a 40% increase in sites for each operator, and […][...] read more » Vodafone & O2 finally cooperate over 4g network

I’d always heard of the laburnum arch,and wanted to see it, but never knew where it was; it turns out that it is in Bodnant Gardens which are in the Conwy Valley in north Wales, about an hour from where we were.   It was so worth the trip.  The drive through the Dee valley was […][...] read more » The end of the holiday–Bodnant and the Lakes

Steering a barge ain’t easy! To start with you push the tiller (the steery thing) left to go right and vice versa. Then weighing about 20 tons and proceeding at a stately 3mph it takes an age to respond to any directions. The rudder (the bit in the water) is also relatively small and makes […][...] read more » Barging About: Lessons in Change

We were in the the woods this morning, and as I mentioned in a previous blog, they now tend to leave dead trees standing or where they fall and this wood seems to have more than its fair share of trees that were damaged in the hurricane or just dead.  This tree has been converted […][...] read more » Change lessons from Woody Woodpecker