by DavidFraser | Aug 19, 2015 | Personal Mastery
Have you ever noticed…? If you can just faintly hear some music being played in a noisy place… If you know the piece of music, you can make it out, whereas if you don’t, you can’t. It’s just part of the noise. Or… If you know what some barely visible...
by DavidFraser | Feb 6, 2015 | Business, Change, Collaboration, Communication, Leadership, Learning, Relationship Skills
We don’t have all the answers. That’s true whether we’re on the outside of the issue looking in or on the inside looking out. The leadership team knows its business, whereas the change agent knows something useful the insiders don’t currently...
by DavidFraser | Nov 28, 2011 | Collaboration, Leadership, Relationship Skills
One idea leads to another. Quickly the project takes shape. It’s all quite unexpected and the end result is way beyond the initial starting point. Why? Because the individuals involved trust each other absolutely, not so much about money though that is important, but...
by DavidFraser | Oct 3, 2011 | Current Affairs, Leadership, Organizations, Relationship Skills, World Affairs
As do we all. Did you hear the surprise? If the world wide web could gasp, you would have heard it from mid-ocean. A city trader said candidly that he hoped for another recession because he could make a lot of money from one. Various commentators then rather missed...
by DavidFraser | Sep 28, 2011 | Leadership, Organizations, Relationship Skills
The onlookers hold their breath… Frank has worked in the organization for years. He’s just queried the young, new manager’s request to undertake a task in a particular way. Frank doesn’t think it’s the most effective approach. In fact, he doubts it’ll work at...