Every speechwriter and every public speaker knows you should finish your talk with an inspiring call to action. That’s how leaders trigger real change. Sometimes it works – and sometimes it doesn’t. But the first rule is: always keep it short. So “Yes, we can” worked. So did “I have a dream,” and “We choose [ more » ]
Just as every hue in the rainbow can be traced back to a mix of primary colours, can human behaviours and the ways we communicate them, be boiled down to a recognisable pattern? Alas, humans don’t conform to colour theory. In fact, if there’s one truly consistent thing about human behaviour, it’s that people behave [ more » ]
We constantly get asked what is the scientific basis or proven methodology that underlies the Communicate Charisma system. I wish there was a one-liner to answer this, but there isn’t. So if you really need to know, please be patient. Just as the “hive” model pictured above took time to build, so our explanation has [ more » ]
Could a long-dead German philosopher resembling Karl Marx with a proper haircut, hold the keys to the 2016 US presidential election race? Yes, if the sharply-contrasting campaigning styles of rival candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump reveal deeper truths about the way modern societies are led, and the way we pick those who will wield [ more » ]
The following text appears in A World Book of Values, featuring descriptions of 365 values edited by Patrick Somers and Kate Stephenson. It was published in 2015 and contains a foreward by Richard Barrett, whose values methodology it explores. The descriptions of “Life Skills” and “Congeniality” were penned by Richard House, architect and founder of [ more » ]
Why should CEOs and senior executives struggle to become more engaging or show greater empathy, when even a professional actor and comedian trained in the communication arts has been booted from the top of Twitter? The June 2015 ouster from Twitter’s C-suite of Dick Costolo – he used to work for Second City, the famed [ more » ]