“We’ve lost money, we’ve lost nothing We’ve lost honour, we’ve lost a lot We’ve lost confidence, we’ve lost everything? […]

Many years ago, I learnt from the UNHCR, the UN refugee Agency based in Denmark, that, many global NGOs of […]

“It was autumn, and the Indians on the reservation asked their new chief if it was going to be a […]

This is a great history of focus, determination, appeal to progressive levels of authority and some other things. We leaders […]

Andrew Grove, ex Intel This business about speed has its limits. Brains don’s speed up.  The exchange of ideas does […]

Robert Anson Heinlein (1907-1988), American science fiction writer, was famous for his quotes. This is one.  Many uses and interpretations […]

If you don’t live in Spain, chances are you may have missed the recent headline news about Mr Jordi Pujol, […]

There have been 147 Daily Thoughts published at 08:00 am, seven days a week. Email subscriptions have gone up consistently […]

Get yourself a copy of the Edelman Trust Barometer. The Edelman company produces an excellent annual report on trust (organizations, […]

In one of the multiple accounts of the 2008 Obama campaign, David Plouffe, then campaign manager, wrote in his book […]

Political campaigns a la 2008 and 2012 Obama ones, have well understood, and mastered the art of profiling. Hardly a […]

These are commonly found uses of the expression ‘they’ within organizations. They wont approve this They don’t get it They […]

In this model, the employee (1) is an activist, (2) largely working peer-to-peer, and (3) progressing towards (if not arriving […]

Here is a ‘very novel’ concept. Employee Engagement is needed because… it’s good in and of itself. Because work enhances […]

This is model 4 of the series.  The concept is simple. Imagine that you, as an employee, are in reality […]

This is model 3 (but the 4th post, confusing!)  ‘The Cause’. Employees join forcers to work on a Cause: green […]

This is model 2 in the pack of 6 that I have described. There is a book, or two, and […]

Model 1 of my 6 is what I call, ‘Air time’. It translates into: ‘we recognise that employees’ views are […]

A while ago I posted my views on Employee Engagement. Since this has become an industry in its own right, […]

Vocation is often defined as ‘a strong feeling’ to do something, a job, a career, an occupation, to dedicate one’s […]