by DavidFraser | Nov 2, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Systems
No, not that. Most of us need a kick up the assumptions—our assumptions about what’s possible, about how things might happen, and especially about other people and our relationships with them. We tend not to see how the assumptions we unconsciously make affect...
by DavidFraser | Sep 7, 2015 | Relationship Skills, Systems
Sometime we need shaken up a bit. We get set in our ways. We fail to notice that the world has changed around us. So a disruptive input can be good for us—what we need, even if it isn’t very comfortable at the time. No doubt we will need to settle back to some...
by DavidFraser | Aug 24, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Systems
It’s conventional to admire the creator of novel work—the ground-breaking innovator. In fact, much value is added in the interpretation of new ideas for familiar situations. And that’s an art too. There’s considerable skill in sensing what a person...
by DavidFraser | Aug 17, 2015 | Relationship Skills, Systems
In relationships of whatever kind, there’s potential for getting in a muddle over this: By “fair,” do we mean “equal” or do we mean “in proportion?” This is a key distinction in moral psychology developed in Jonathan...
by DavidFraser | Aug 10, 2015 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Systems
It could be that I’m noticing this more for reasons that are particular to me. That said… It seems to have become more and more common for representatives of some corporate bodies and local and national government to respond to a new question or challenge...
by DavidFraser | Jul 6, 2015 | Relationship Skills, Systems
…then our work is useless. We—or others—often congratulate ourselves on our efficiency in standardising a process or making electronic what once was a paper system. The trouble is… If in so doing we create something that no longer matches the cognitive...
