I have prepared a series of short videos for my IESE courses this year. This is a 3 minute video describing the 5 aspects of a powerful speaking voice. A powerful voice will transmit authority to your audience and allow them to engage with you as a credible leader. The five aspects of a … Read more
I wrote about letting go of my iphone and blackberry over the summer, I think that the best way to find energy is to be present here and now and switch off my constant running, sprinting towards the future. Here is Scott Stratten telling this story in a much more powerful and personal way on … Read more
I’m on IESE news with a 3 minute video Leadership Lessons from the Chile Mine rescue: IESE News – The Chile Mine Rescue
I am honoured to be mentioned in the same sentence as Seth Godin (video on blog). JP at Virgin UK has inspired me to share some of the top blogs that I follow and provide daily inspiration for me. Seth Godin’s blog Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project Peter Bregman’s blog at Harvard Business Review TED Blog … Read more
“Suffering exists; it has a cause; it has an end; and it has a cause to bring about its end.” The Four Noble Truths of the Buddhist philosophy Suffering is a human universal. M Scott Peck begins his book The Road Less Travelled with the words “Life is hard.” Victor Frankl wrote a powerful book … Read more
Ira Glass, presenter of This American Life, tells us that there are three basic building blocks of the story – the anecdote, “bait” and moments of reflection (video here). We improve a story by building up the central conflict, ensuring that the listeners can relate to one of the central characters and by adding surprise. … Read more
This is another blog post inspired by a TED video. This one on the world of online games by Jane McGonigle. Humans spend 3 billion hours a week spent playing online games. This is a lot. Many American teenagers will have accumulated more hours playing online games than school hours by the age of 18. … Read more
How can I get through the obstacles to something better on the other side? Aimee Mullins was born without her fibular bones, the smaller of the bones connecting knee to ankle. The doctor had to tell her parents that she was disabled, had to amputate what was left of her legs and tell her parents … Read more
JK Rowling gave the Harvard commencement speech in 2008. I love the way she wins over the audience by speaking about her own life. She speaks powerfully about the greatest lessons that she has learnt – always from her failures. What would JK tell her 21 year old self? “Life is not a checklist; a … Read more
Yep, I have been watching more TED talks. This time… Daniel Pink. Thanks to Tim for the link. Daniel Pink describes a 1945 Karl Duncker social science experiment called the Candle Problem. Subjects are shown into a room and given the objects as seen in the image to the right and are asked to attach … Read more