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Benefits cap – rejected, no game changing ambition and poor ROI

Everyday we work on game changing ideas for big business. They are always for commercial gain and there to prove we are stretching beyond what exists today, taking on impossible thinking, innovating and being future facing. I'm happy to say that there has been recent energy surge for this, as if business has finally acknowledged that there is no point in waiting, being risk adverse isn't going to cut it, bring out the ballsy thinking!

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Choose to believe and look for the glue

I wanted to write about the 100th Anniversary of the African National Congress (ANC) but felt deflated because it was a movement that changed a country but I couldn't hand on heart say that it's transition to being a political party has been the success that it should have been and the allegations of corruption and political infighting are a far cry from the dignity of Nelson Mandela's inclusive rainbow nation.

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Nina Dar

December 12, 2011 in Communication, Economy, Leadership, Motivation

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Europe we are a chicken not a pyg(my) – right?

The role we play in Europe is critical to us all, we need to understand the decisions that are being made and the consequences of those actions and we need to make those decisions openly, while exercising leadership in this international forum.

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Walk in your shoes

When was the last time someone asked you or even considered “what it was like to be you?” It takes courage and sensing the opportunity to change: starting with the simple premise just one person deciding to understand what it’s like to walk in someone else’s shoes.

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Michael Ryan

November 4, 2011 in Leadership, Motivation

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The Inner Artist

I was excited to listen to Pete Townsend, giving the first John Peel Lecture as part of the Radio Festival in Salford. The topic for his talk was ‘Can John Peelism survive the Internet?' and he made some inspiring comments about creativity and his inner artist:

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Michael Ryan

April 7, 2011 in Change Management

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The Silent Ascent of Elbow

Every time I turn the radio on I seem to hear an Elbow song or an interview with Guy Garvey. The thing that surprises me is that they have been around for over a decade and but in the last few years they have become huge.

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How to make a difference

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