Author name: Gihan Perera

Talent

Can You Trust Your Team Members To Use Good Judgement?

Nordstrom, the US department store, has the best social media policy in the world – and it created it long before social media existed. Here’s the relevant part from the employee manual: Rule #1: Use your best judgement at all times.There are no additional rules. When I say this is from the manual, that’s true. […]

Innovation, Learning and Development

Shai Reshef: An ultra-low-cost college degree

Education, especially formal education, is expensive. Or at least, it was expensive. The Internet is now making it more affordable than ever before, especially when people like Shai Reshef dedicate their lives to providing low-cost education to everybody. Watch his fascinating TED Talk here: The talk includes this inspiring glimpse into the future: “A new

Productivity

Remove Distractions From Your Workplace

What is the biggest barrier to getting things done? You are! Yes, you. Learn how to focus and you’ll get much more done. People often complain about constant interruptions and constant distractions in our fast-moving world. And they are right. But these are two totally different things! Interruptions happen because of other people, but distractions

Leadership

The Leader’s Way

Both leadership and management are vital skills in today’s organisations. The best organisations are full of talented, bright, motivated people – who want leaders who inspire them and managers who empower them. In this episode, featuring guest expert Dr. Nicky Howe, we explore how to build better relationships with those you lead. Listen To the

Workplace

Use Online Collaboration Tools to Build Synergy in Distributed Teams

There are many anecdotes about breakthroughs occurring through conversations around a water cooler, chance encounters in a hallway, and healthy banter at the office canteen. These informal moments help spark conversations and could lead to interesting ideas. At a company like Google, this is valued so highly that they design the waiting line at the

Workplace

Are You Ready for a More Fluid Workforce?

The workplace has changed: in space, in time, and even in the people who do the work. For most of the past 200 years, the workplace of the office worker has been … well, an office. It still is. It was the only practical option: That’s where teams could meet, that’s where the files were

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