Effective managers combine different types of communication, such as email, IM and phone calls, to repeat and reinforce key messages.
Listen very carefully, I shall say this only twice…
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Reflections on Jonathan Ive and Apple design
An insight into Apple’s Jonathan Ive – Royal College of Art Innovation Night.
A good while ago now, I went to see Jonathan Ive interviewed by Sir Christopher Frayling at the Royal College of Art Innovation Night.
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Monday mornings and how to defeat them
We’ve all had that Monday morning feeling. A mix of tiredness, anxiety and resignation. Defeated before we’ve begun. Instead of being the worst day of the week, Mondays can (and should) be the best. Anything’s possible! This article explains how to defeat Monday mornings.
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Is it worth your time?
Thank you XKCD for this. Is it worth your time? Funny but also useful. Hat tip also to the ever-marvellous Chart Porn.
How to manage creativity
I came across this speech transcript when I was writing a piece about managing geeks. I wrote it eons ago when I was running Intelligent Games (IG), a computer games company. I’m sure that I didn’t always practice what I preached but looking back some of the points still seem pretty valid for how to manage creativity more generally.
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What makes a great leader: lessons from MI5
Thanks to franchises like James Bond, an air of glamour and mystery surrounds the British intelligence services (cue music).
This secretive and exciting institution seems so far removed from our everyday working lives that it’s hard to imagine it has anything in common with mundane management or business basics.
The reality, however, is very different from Fleming’s fiction.
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