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Bias

12 May, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

I have just read a blog post about the claimed link between autism and the MMR programme.   It is a fascinating read.  Despite the numerous surveys that have been undertaken to prove that there is no statistical basis for the claims, the writer still persists.  I guess that no amount of facts or data will […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: assumptions, constraints, dogmatism, learning, reinforcing behaviour, video

Old Hindu Proverb

8 February, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Doctor

“No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients” I am not suggesting you kill somebody, but a bit of test and learn goes a long way. There is no substitute for experience. Image by Erik Veland

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: learning, medicine, test and learn

Small is Beautiful

8 January, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Small is beautiful

This morning I had a conversation with a gentleman who (amongst other things) works with problem children and families. He is a strong proponent of “solutions based coaching“, which is getting people to work out for themselves where they want to be, and then working through the practical steps they could take to get there. […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement Tagged With: continuous improvement, learning, one step at a time

Nothing Hurt But My Ego

2 January, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

It is a truism that you learn by failing.  I recently bought a pair of clip in shoes for my bicycle.  Everybody told me I would fall over once, they were right, it happened when I came to a stop at some traffic lights at the head of a queue of cars (very embarrassing).  At […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: cycling, dopamine, learning, measurement, trust, video, waste

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