Barrier Breakers Charity is having a party on June 28th in London…we’d like to invite you!
It’ll be a brilliant evening, in a gorgeous venue, with live music, great networking, and much more… Continue reading »
May 182012
May 152012
Can you be passionate about your work if you’ve no idea why your role matters, or how others rely on you? Continue reading »
May 112012
Finding the right balance between structure and imagination is the secret to overcoming the barrier of right focus. Continue reading »
May 082012
Often a project gets completed, it’s evaluated, metrics are gathered, data collated. Conclusions are drawn.
Maybe some actions are taken.
And that’s it.
What about celebrating?!! Continue reading »
May 042012
As the painter needs his framework of parchment, the improvising musical group needs its framework in time.
BILL EVANS Continue reading »
May 012012
Google is the place where UK students most want to work. And it’s no surprise to me, having just had a tour of their New York offices. Continue reading »
Apr 272012
For the senior executive “soft skills are more important than ever”, writes Harvard Business School professor, Boris Groysberg. While hard skills—knowledge and technical aptitude—are covered by business schools, soft skills aren’t. Yet. Continue reading »
Apr 242012
There’s a growing understanding that soft skills are the 21st century skills, and we need more creativity, communication, flexibility, self-motivation, leadership, and the like, if we’re to deal effectively with rapid change, to thrive within uncertainty, and to be innovative.
We’re all coming to terms with this change in mindset, yet there’s little understanding about how to “frame” these new skills–not only in terms of identifying and assessing their progress, but also how to develop them in the first place. Continue reading »
Apr 202012
Business leaders have again been united in saying that the UK’s education system is failing to meet the needs of employers, and is failing an entire generation of young people. Continue reading »
Apr 172012
Despite the number of graduate applicants having trebled over the past three years, 80% of prospective employers reported to The Association of Graduate Recruiters that the latest crop of applicants lack the employability skills for the role. Continue reading »