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People-Process-Product: questions to build business readiness in times of potential crisis
We live in an interconnected world and business want to expand as much as possible from local to global. I won’t get into much details or analysis regarding the trending subject of this period, which is the impact of COVID-19 on economy & business. I would like to write my opinion on how businesses should look more into the readiness in times of potential crisis. A situation that might become a crisis should be seen from the beginning with a more focus on available information. An thus, through analysis of that information it can become real & practical numbers to understand what can be done. I’ve first heard about the…
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What makes a lecture or seminar awesome? And what’s a boring one? Results from a short discussion with students from Generation Z
Each year I meet new students in my role as university lecturer at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. And each year, I learn a lot from them. A couple of year ago, I found two pieces of information that you can find below. The first is related to “Top 10 Skills”, mainly as a comparison between 2020 and 2014, in which Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking & Creativity are the first 3. The second picture is one of my favorite when it comes to the future of education. The role of the educator switches from “Expert” to “Facilitator” while the access is currently desired to be anytime, anywhere and…
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Feedback works by showing you the blind spots
Feedback is always a buzz word. It’s something that in many instances is scary because it’s a lot about change. Through feedback you “should” change. This “should” creates a pressure in plus and might make feedback irrelevant for the change itself. The Johari Window developed by psychologists Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham offers us a different perspective on feedback. It looks, as per the image below, and at what you know about yourself and what others see about yourself. The “Known to Others” and “Unknown by Self” is what the two psychologist say that the Blind spot is. Through feedback the blind spots are unveiled to you. It’s like…
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Fear is just another emotion. 5 ways to increase your awareness towards fear
Our evolution made it possible to change the type of fear that we experience. We no longer fear wild animals that triggers a specific type of fear and reaction. That type of fear might be, when encountering a wild animal, more intense and fast. And of course, will trigger the “fight” or “flight” response. Today, some of our fears are more deep. I’ve been “researching” fear for many years now. When I say “researching”, it means that I’ve been trying, with some success along the way, to change my relationship with fear from the common “living it” to more “being curious about it”: how it gets triggered, how I react,…
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When communication fails. 5 outcomes and 5 ideas to solve this
Communication is the essence of better relationship and professional results. Sometimes communication fails. I’ve noticed some reasons why communication is not used at the maximum intensity. The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. George Bernard Shaw Before this, here are some of the results of poor communication in both personal and professional life. Lack of communication or poor communication leads to: Disconnection is relationships There is a constant need for communication in order to set the foundation for trust. Constant communication and solving problems as soon as they appear reach that point in which everything is clear. The reverse is continuing to increase…
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