Procrastination, or the tendency to postpone tasks to a later date, gives a great sense of satisfaction. The pleasure, however, is only short-lived. Left unchecked, procrastination can turn into a self-sabotaging habit that can ruin your career as well as your relationships and life in general. So, be aware of the habit and take […]

At our weekly meeting the same issue was been raised for the 4th time. Should we buy a new whiz bang copier? We’ve been having major issues recently with our current supplier (watch this space) and we might be in a position to get a good deal. There were some good reasons for hanging onto the […]

Scaling your business is difficult. It calls for consistent effort. Initial stages of your business, means juggling different things like marketing, sales, corporate compliance, taxation, interacting with customers and the works. If you are at a point where growing your business is becoming increasingly difficult, fret not. There’s still hope. Sure, it’s difficult. However, it’s […]

I heard this story the other day and I thought it was very very good. During the Vietnam war, whenever a burst of gunfire was nearby the commander would jump on the radio to the bunker under fire to see what was happening. The response from the bunker was often very loud, very fast and not very […]

Any business, any research or any project can’t overlook strategical thinking if success is intended. Strategic thinking is nothing but that business process that involves the planning for today and the future, to avoid flaws and to prevent failures. There are no codes, guidelines or fixed-techniques in strategic planning as the codex differs from business […]

Conflicts at work are inevitable. That does not mean that you have to become rebellious or become inefficient at your workplace. The reason being, at the end of the day, it’s all about how well you prove to be productive and have the ability to manage your team. Conflict management skills are one of the most […]

Instructional design (also known as ID) is one of the most versatile topics to know about and discuss in the field of education. ID is basically the process by which learning experiences are designed, developed on the basis of planning and delivered by teachers. ID includes online courses, video tutorials, learning simulations and so much […]

We’ve been designing and delivering professional development training for over 10 years. But how do we know if our training is leading to a behavioural change? Here’s an example, we designed and delivered a “Dealing with Difficult People” course for 12 Supervisors. These supervisors were the meat in the sandwich and were dealing with angry internal and external […]

Organisations are moving swiftly towards blended learning. Traditional training topics are now ‘online modules’. To cater for employees being “very busy”, the duration of these courses has been significant shortened. So all is well right? Most skills take you about 100 hours to become adept. More importantly to learn a skill, it really helps if […]

We humans are unique in our own ways and understand that everyone has different ways of reacting to people based on values, beliefs and opinions. However, there’s always been one category of people whom you can deal with in the same way because they are annoying and pointless most of the times – The Difficult […]