If the world’s most secretive organisation is now publicly wearing emotional intelligence on its sleeve, then you had better do so too. Britain’s MI6 Secret Intelligence Service proudly claims: “Our work is all about people. This is a place where qualities like creativity, insight, curiosity, empathy and intuition are valued just as highly as intellectual [ more » ]
If you’re the kind of person who begins to glaze over as soon as your CEO raises a finger and utters the words: “let me explain,” then read on. In this blog distributed via LinkedIn, we look at the reasons why explaining can be quite different from truly communicating. Rapport, and not reporting back, is [ more » ]
Do you wonder why you find yourself the sudden and unexpected beneficiary of intuitive decisions that people in positions of influence are making about you? Do you still believe they are in control of this process — or are you really controlling what’s going on? I you want to know how it’s done, then read [ more » ]
You wouldn’t expect to encounter much charisma while on a Mediterranean summer vacation. But there on a pine-covered island set in the startlingly blue waters of Croatia’s northern Adriatic coast, is an astonishing monument to a global-scale charismatic who transformed the world we now live in. Today Brijuni, or Brioni as it’s known in Italian, [ more » ]
Donald Trump really should take our charisma test. The results will tell the US presidential contender what his real chances are of streaking past the gridlock of mainstream politics to make it all the way to the White House. To succeed, he’ll need to harness his extraordinary personal power to influence and transform mass opinion [ more » ]
No matter what passport we hold, today we all live in Startup Nation. Startup Nation is much bigger than Israel, the subject of the eponymous 2009 book by Dan Senor and Saul Singer. There’s a rookie entrepreneur hiding inside everyone, just waiting to take his or her place in Silicon Valley or Silicon Roundabout, with [ more » ]