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Is Self Belief Self Fulfilling?

9 October, 2012 by James Lawther 3 Comments

Self Belief

Psychological Claptrap They say self belief is a powerful  thing, it can drive you forward or hold you back, it is the proverbial double-edged sword.  What you believe to be true easily becomes so. Are they making rational statements or is it just a load of old hocus pocus? Let me tell you a story… […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement, Tools & Techniques Tagged With: capability, competence, confidence, self belief

Do You Have the Best Job in the World?

6 October, 2012 by James Lawther 2 Comments

Moulding clay

Question 1: What was the best job you ever had? Think about that question for a while; write down the answer, what was so special about that job?  Be very clear. Now I will lay you a bet… I bet you that when you were doing that job it was a perfect fit for you: […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: motivation, purpose

Are You Faking It?

2 October, 2012 by James Lawther 3 Comments

fake team

Authenticity Where do you work? In a call centre? Or a call centre? Who do you serve? Customers? Or customers? Who do you work with? Are you part of a team? Or a team? Are you authentic? Are you faking it? Or are you the real deal? Because if you’re not, you aren’t fooling anybody […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: authenticity, communication, credibility, management style

Innovation Constraints and Lateral Thinking

29 September, 2012 by James Lawther 3 Comments

Innovation Constraints

In the third world, 4 million children die every year within a month of birth. It’s an avoidable tragedy If half of those children were simply kept warm and clean they would survive. In the developed world we have incubators that do exactly that.  I spent the first week of my life in one.  And […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement Tagged With: bitching and moaning, bottleneck, constraints, innovation, Toyota

Saying Yes When the Computer Says No

25 September, 2012 by James Lawther 3 Comments

It’s a poor joke… The computer says “No”. It wouldn’t be funny if it wasn’t true.  But the computer does say “No” with alarming regularity. Well not the computer, but the bloke who programmed the computer.  The same bloke who created all the policies, rules and red tape. The demoralising computer The computer is demoralising, […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement, Tools & Techniques Tagged With: back to the floor, beliefs, bureaucracy, video

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