by Hugh MacPhie | Jul 23, 2019 | Culture
Fail Quickly, Creatively and Right Now The fear of short-term failure often cripples individuals and organizations from pursuing creative endeavours that could lead to long-term success.I think it is safe to say that most organizations and their employees value...
by Hugh MacPhie | Jul 23, 2019 | Culture
How Storytelling Can Make or Break Your Organization’s Culture Once upon a time, there was a CEO who visited a job site. When he noticed that the porta-potties onsite were sourced from a major city, rather than the local town where the work was being conducted, he...
by Hugh MacPhie | Jul 23, 2019 | Culture
Workplace Productivity Tactics In the pre-internet age, productivity was all about good time management. Intelligent planning was often all it took to accomplish everything on your to-do list and more. With the advent of email, social media and other technological...
by Hugh MacPhie | Jul 23, 2019 | Culture
The Surprising Ways Improv Can Impact Your Business Drama, stand-up comedy, jazz music, freestyle rapping and business – what do these all have in common? They free you up to improvise. More often than not, improvisation is associated with things, yet improvisation is...
by Hugh MacPhie | Jul 16, 2019 | Culture
Hear, hear! – The Importance of Being Heard In parliaments across the globe, politicians shout, “hear, hear!”— and, no, it’s not “here, here”— as a form of verbal applause. It is a shortened version of the older “hear him, hear him!” and serves as a way to show...
by Hugh MacPhie | Jun 13, 2019 | Culture, Leadership
Having the Freedom to Fail Did you ever hear about the time that Google broke the Internet? It was a fine January morning in 2009 and as many folks arrived at work on the Eastern Seaboard, fired up their computers, and navigated to their favourite pre-Superbowl...
