What about a refreshing break? Sit down, lay back and relax. Feeling comfortable? Now push play. Watch and enjoy !     Now go through the following questions, taking a moment to answer them for yourself, each in turn :   How did you feel watching this process? What thoughts crossed your mind? Any judgements
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How comfortable do you feel about making mistakes? Why in heaven would I encourage people to make mistakes? Because it’s one of the most powerful ways to really and truly learn about risk management.  Obviously part of managing risks is about scenario planning. Yet how do you truly assess risk-taking? And learn to deal with
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Are “small mistakes” really not important? Why would something be right or wrong? Many people struggle to make effective, ethical decisions because they don’t fully realize what consequences their action will have. They might see only one of the many consequences and think – well, it’s not that great, but it’s not that important either,
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Sirens, bells and alarms just work! Have you had the chance to observe a one-year-old recently ? Or maybe you remember that age when kids are just about to walk by themselves and they try all sorts of techniques to satisfy their thirst for mobility ? Crawling on their belly, jumping ahead from a sitting position, pulling
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Research has shown that the capacity to uncover new opportunities can come from two types of approaches – focused investigation and… relaxed, open-ended and random scanning of the environment! Therefore next time you attend a large gathering of people – be it a meeting, a conference… change the criteria you typically use to define with
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Courage is about facing reality, whether it’s pleasant or not.  This courage booster is an invitation to stand up for a mistake you made, something wrong, shameful, embarrassing… In the coming days, train your capacity to be courageous and stand up when you make a mistake – acknowledge it, apologize, and come up with a
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Striving for certainty is one of the best ways to avoid or slow down changes. In the coming days, pick one dimension of your work life where you’d like to see some change. Challenge yourself to try out a new approach before you’re a hundred percent sure that this is the right approach – identify
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“A 6h15 du matin, Adamsberg sentit une main le secouer. – Il a ouvert les yeux ! Viens voir. Vite. Zerk ne savait toujours pas comment appeler Adamsberg. “Père” ? Beaucoup trop solennel. “Papa” ? On ne prend pas cette habitude à son âge. “Jean-Baptiste” ? Amical et déplacé. En attendant, il ne l’appelait pas,
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“Although not a religious woman, she had a mystical faith in the old Yiddish proverb that for every pot there is a cover, that in every problem the good Lord presented her there was a matching problem which provided the solution to both. There had been plenty of men when she was younger who had
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“Can you believe he was about to go out bring Thomas to his nanny and forgot the milk bottles for the day?! I mean, how can I trust him with other stuff if he forgets such a basic thing? I just HAD to stop him at the door and tell him! I know we had
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