When you begin to read a book, you really don’t know where it’s going to bring you. When I first heard of Oren Harari’s ‘Break From The Pack’, I was interested. I liked the premise of the book – how to succeed in a copy-cat world. But I see new, interesting books every week and Full Article
I was in school just when the personal computer was becoming popular. The ‘coolest’ thing for kids our age. aside from playing football of course, was to get access to a computer. In truth, I preferred playing games, as primitive as they were. But we also did some programming. It was in BASIC, one of Full Article
One of the most useful concepts I’ve come across in recent years is that of ‘banking’ the positive feelings and achievements you experience. If you’ve ever watched The Weakest Link, you know exactly what I mean. Unfortunately, many of us don’t do this often enough. We’re more likely to focus on the negatives, on Full Article
It seems that the most common food currency of business meetings is the cookie. No matter where you go, from hotel conference rooms to boardrooms, where teas and coffees are served, a plate of cookies is rarely far behind. I see this first hand in our Smarter Egg groups. Our Leadership Circles take us into Full Article
An idea that appears to be very popular in modern media is the notion of sending a message to a younger version of ourselves; a letter to myself on my 18th birthday, for example. I sometimes wonder what I would say to my 18 year old self. What advice would I give? What encouragement Full Article
I listened with fascination to a story told by one of our Smarter Eggs this week. She is in a leadership position within a well-known multi-national organisation, having recently been promoted to a broader role with greater responsibility and influence. “Do you remember that 12-step plan we did this time last year?”, she started. I Full Article
One of the pleasures of life is making discoveries in the most unlikely of places. One might suggest that business-focused learning has nothing in common with the game of hurling, but I’m certain this is not correct. While reading a real gem of a book called ‘The Club’ by Christy O’Connor, a compelling tale of Full Article
I saw a tweet today that got me thinking about the benefits of reading. But, especially, of doing a lot of reading. The tweet referenced this blog post, which talks about completing a book every fortnight and thus, over a calendar year, completing 26 books. The article also links to a piece by Julien Smith Full Article
December 1st 2008. The inaugural Smarter Egg learning group met for the very first time. The concept was quite simple. Bring together ten people from across the business community. Create a learning environment underpinned by confidentiality, respect and trust. Inject stimulus from thought-provoking materials (books, articles, audios, videos). Full Article
I learned today that Oren Harari, author of ‘Break From The Pack‘, has died. Amazingly, he actually passed away in April of this year but I only found out today when I checked in on his website. My thought had been “I haven’t seen a blog post from Oren for a while”. Such is how we Full Article