Category: Weird Wisdom
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Leadership Vs Followship
I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership and followership lately. We spend so much time talking about what makes a great leader; vision, courage, communication, empathy, but rarely do we talk about what makes a great follower. Yet every strong…
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Explore The Unconventional
Want to know if your organization is truly unconventional? Look for these signs. They’re some of the foundation of creative, resilient, and forward-thinking cultures. Which of these signs is most alive in your team?
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Meet The Media
I’ve spent the last few days in Sydney for Nic Hayes Meet the Media event. It was a great opportunity to connect, not just with people from the media, but with other attendees too. There were plenty of similarities among…
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Do We Need Another Label?
Not everything needs a label, especially you. There’s a new word doing the rounds: “otrovert.” It’s meant to describe people who sit somewhere between introvert and extrovert; those who adapt depending on the situation. Interesting idea, for sure. The moment…
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Blind Spots
Best practices can help—but they can also create blind spots. Weird Wisdom® invites us to question what’s considered ‘the norm’ and stretch beyond it.
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Diversity of Thought in the Media #1
Diversity of Thought has been everywhere in the media this past week, though no one’s actually called it that. Last Wednesday, The Australian quoted Deakin University Vice Chancellor Iain Martin, ‘it our duty to make students ready for challenging ideas…
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Employee Value Differential
Diversity of Thought; the next thing organisations are overlooking. Many organisations say they value difference, yet most still recruit, promote, and plan in ways that reward similarity. The result? Leaders stuck dealing with the same issues on repeat; conflict, turnover,…
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Evolve Your Thinking
Innovation doesn’t come from playing safe. It comes from questioning assumptions, experimenting, and daring to try the unexpected. Ready to evolve your team’s thinking?
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Written by a Human
Mmmmmm?????? AI detectors? How valid are their scores? I am questioning them. I’ve been doing a lot of writing. Now, I write long hand because I struggle to get first thoughts down using a computer. Then I jump on and…
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Seeds of Success
During a team meeting, one new team member suggested an idea everyone initially laughed at. Instead of dismissing it, the leader asked, ‘What if?’ That ‘weird’ idea went through some iterations before becoming the foundation of a new product line that…
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