by Andy Habermacher | Nov 25, 2019 | HR, Leadership, Personality
The Rugby World Cup has come and gone. Although I am fully aware not everyone is a sports fan or rugby fan there are many interesting parallels to the business world and most obviously to team performance. Aside from that, as a sports and rugby fan it was a fantastic...
by Jenny Watson | Nov 25, 2019 | HR, Leadership
As both a rugby fan and a Scotland supporter, it was with great excitement and enormous trepidation that I took my trip to Japan in September. Great excitement to be attending the rugby world cup and visiting what I’d heard was a truly amazing country – enormous...
by Andy Habermacher | Sep 6, 2019 | Education, Neuroscience
So, who wouldn’t want to get the most out of their child’s brain – who wouldn’t want to have little child prodigy? In fact, this desire is so strong it’s considered a multi-million-dollar industry in the US. The only problem is that most of these ideas are junk....
by Andy Habermacher | Sep 5, 2019 | Education, Neuroscience
So it’s back to school time and some of you students may be excited to be back amongst your friends, some of you may be facing the prospect of critical exams, some of you may be dreading it, and some may find the whole school thing pretty tedious (I won’t say where I...
by Jenny Watson | Sep 5, 2019 | Education, HR, Neuroscience
When I finished university for the first time, I remember quite clearly saying “well, I am never doing that again”. In hindsight I should perhaps have waited until I’d left the stage at my graduation ceremony. The Dean, handing me my scroll, did not look as amused as...
by Jenny Watson | Sep 5, 2019 | Education, HR
Here’s an interesting number; 1,800. It’s the number of people who can fit on ten, fully loaded, Airbus A320s. Alternatively, it’s the number of people who can fit into two and a half Olympic sized swimming pools. Also, 1,800 is the number of new teachers that one of...
by Andy Habermacher | Aug 12, 2019 | Education, HR, Leadership, Personality
Well that would be nice, and the research does point to those late to bed and late to rise types being more intelligent and richer – but to be honest the measured differences are tiny so if you are trying to get rich there may be better ways to do it. Besides...
by Jenny Watson | Aug 12, 2019 | HR, Leadership, Personality
What is corporate culture? A great question and one that has multiple, sometimes conflicting, answers. Despite most people being somewhat vague on how to actually define corporate culture, it’s still one of the top topics asked about at interviews (by both candidates...
by Andy Habermacher | Jul 9, 2019 | Education, HR, Leadership, Personality
So, let’s face it, when we look at personality measurement, a casual conversation usually leads to a few innocent individuals piping up that they’ve done the MBTI and are YMCA or PTSD – or something along those lines. Yes, the MBTI is well-known has been around since...
by Jenny Watson | Jul 8, 2019 | HR, Leadership, Personality, Startup
The day has come. Finally, after a lengthy tour through both the entertainment world and some of the more obscure connections my HR-addled brain insists on making, we are at the last installment of this mini-series (earlier episodes available here). Before...
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