5 Things You Should Know About Agile

I was first introduced to Agile just before I left IBM to join HSBC in 2006. I took no notice of it then because to it was IT way of justifying their existence and the cost of their production. Eighteen months ago, a client asked me what I thought about Agile as he was thinking to introduce to a company where he would be appointed as CEO. He wanted me to help him position Agile to bring the company to a new level of performance. Before I agreed to take on the assignment, I shared with him these five things about Agile.

5 Things You Should Know About Career Planning

A career is a profession, occupation, trade, or vocation or what one does for a living. A career can also be the progress and actions that one has taken throughout one’s working years, the titles one has earned and accomplished over that time. A career can comprise of the different jobs that one has held in one or several companies, in the same field or career cluster. Whatever form a career takes many people work make a living and hope to find life’s meaning in their work. A good education does not promise a good career and the door to a good life. Many have been disappointed by this belief. There are five things that one should know about career planning.

5 Things You Should Know About Personal Beliefs

In my last blog I wrote that self-awareness is one of the five components of emotional intelligence. In helping people to become self-aware I found it useful to engage them about their personal beliefs together with their strength finder profile or DISC assessments. Johann Goethe points out that “Man is made by his beliefs. As he believes so he is.” (Johann Goethe). So, any discussion on self-awareness should begin with one’s personal beliefs. Here are five things that you should know about personal beliefs.

5 Areas To Sharpen Your Emotional Intelligence

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” (Viktor Frankl) Your response depends on your emotional intelligence (EI). EI (also known as emotional quotient or EQ) is the ability to understand, use, and manage one’s own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict. There are five areas that you should pay attention to sharpen your EI

5 Things You Should Know About Business Canvas Model

I first read the “Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur” in 2012. I must admit that beyond these attractive illustrations it was a difficult to read, even though I was familiar with the literature on corporate strategy. It was till I was consulting on a digital transformation project that I found this book indispensable.

I learned 5 things how to get the best out of Business Canvas Model.

5 Things You Should Know About CliftonStrengths Assessment

The CliftonStrengths Assessment is Gallup’s psychological assessment that is your guide to improve yourself based on your strengths. Donald O Clifton, Father of Strengths Psychology, and Inventor of CliftonStrengths points out that “your weaknesses will never develop while your strengths will develop infinitely.” So, focus on your strength. Fixating on your weakness is simply barking up the wrong tree and you will get nowhere.

5 Things to Consider: Website or Facebook

When I began to represent the Institute of Training and Occupational Learning in Asia (ITOL), I explored whether Facebook could replace a website. As I was not familiar with Facebook, I did some research. These are 5 things that I learned and would like to share with you.

5 Things You Should Know About Best Sellers

Trainers be aware!
As a trainer I depend on good books to keep myself abreast with the latest thinking, especially self-help books, and books on leadership. However recently I was disturbed to hear internet marketers claiming that they can “help” anyone become a bestseller.

7 Trends in Learning and Development

Despite all the anxieties about what is life to be in the new norms, these five trends predicted for learning and development (L&D) last year and earlier this year will continue to unfold as things normalize. These trends are not the new norms but the digital impact on life in general.