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Exploring new vocabulary, sayings that should cease, potential practices, and looking at what good looks like in the world of work and beyond. Credits: Adam Johns – voiceover Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love
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Jun 16, 2022
Jun 16, 2022
10 min
Saying that should cease – KISS rule
This is not to be ceased completely, but to put the emphasis differently than most uses of the KISS (Keep It Simple and Straightforward) rule. Many put the emphasis on Simple, or maybe the last S. In reality, the phrase is designed to not overcomplicate simple things – but you need to start out with simple and keep it there. Not dumb down something that is complicated, or complex.
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Credits:
Adam Johns – voiceover
Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love
Jun 9, 2022
Jun 9, 2022
6 min
Expanding our Vocabulary – Performance Variability
While intense focus can get performance to be stable in the short term, for the majority of the time, performance is variable (like a sine curve) – sometimes above the median, other times below.
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Credits:
Adam Johns – voiceover
Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love
Jun 2, 2022
Jun 2, 2022
33 min
What Good Looks Like - Interview with Hilda Gan
Hear Hilda Gan describe her former company i-Trans – the values she used to hire, the recognition, letting people go, the best workplace designation – and more!
Connect with Hilda : https://www.linkedin.com/in/hildagan/, @peoplebrightcon, hildagan@peoplebrightconsulting.com
Follow her company: https://www.peoplebrightconsulting.com/
Listen to her podcast : https://www.peoplebrightconsulting.com/revup-podcast
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Adam Johns – voiceover
Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love
May 26, 2022
May 26, 2022
7 min
Saying that should cease – Those who can do, those who can’t teach
I believe this saying never was true, and that we all play the role of students and teachers throughout our lives.
Tim Minchin’s brilliant convocation speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoEezZD71sc&t=1s
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Adam Johns – voiceover
Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love
May 19, 2022
May 19, 2022
9 min
New Vocabulary – Distance through Differencing
How we tend to find differences between us, and use this as a reason to distance ourselves from “them”
Cook and Woods Paper https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292504703_Distancing_Through_Differencing_An_Obstacle_to_Organizational_Learning_Following_Accidents
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Adam Johns – voiceover
Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love
May 12, 2022
May 12, 2022
12 min
Saying that should cease – Reciprocity
This is a tough one. Should we always ensure we scratch someone’s back when they scratch ours? There are some negative consequences to reciprocity. We should at least be a bit more curious before engaging in reciprocity.
All in the Mind podcast - https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/
Ralph Marsten’s quote in Best Self’s 30 Day Gratitude Journal
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Adam Johns – voiceover
Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love
May 5, 2022
May 5, 2022
11 min
New Vocabulary – Normalization of Deviance
How allowing tolerances to be breached due to a successful outcome could be leading to problems.
Dianne Vaughn’s Challenger Launch Decision
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Adam Johns – voiceover
Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love
Apr 28, 2022
Apr 28, 2022
6 min
Saying that should cease – Soft Skills
Soft skills are not soft – they are critical people skills!
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Credits:
Adam Johns – voiceover
Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love
Apr 21, 2022
Apr 21, 2022
7 min
Expanding our Vocabulary – Fundamental Attribution Error
The fundamental attribution error (the most impactful contribution of the field of social psychology) is the tendency for outsiders to downplay environmental factors and play up dispositional (personality) factors of others, and do the reverse on themselves.
The Choiceology podcast - https://www.katymilkman.com/podcast
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Credits:
Adam Johns – voiceover
Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love
Apr 14, 2022
Apr 14, 2022
7 min
Saying that should cease – Work Life Balance
While not universally accepted, there is a movement to drop work-life balance in favour of work life integration.
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Credits:
Adam Johns – voiceover
Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love