On 21st April we celebrate World Creativity and Innovation Day. Creativity and innovation are beneficial in every walk of life, and every career. From those in customer service finding ways to improve their customer’s experience, scientists who’s every work day is filled with learning new things about the world and finding [...]
Earth Day is a noble idea, to ensure we cherish and improve our environment. But we have to make sure it is not just symbolism and feel-good gestures. We have to focus on the most important environmental issues, not just the ones that get the most [...]
After two decades of studying some amazing work cultures, and more than 850,000 people surveyed for our books, we have come to understand a few things about what makes people happiest at work. And most of what we’ve thought was right is wrong. If you are reading this, you’ve [...]
As 2017 comes to a close, many people are focusing on the year ahead. The last 12 months present questions about the global economy, interest rates, AI and the impact of bitcoin and blockchain. To get a clearer picture of what we can expect to see in 2018, we [...]
As 2018 gets underway, it's time to take a look at what the year ahead holds for us. There are many areas we could focus on but the one that seems to be on many peoples' minds is technology. Whether we look at advances in medical science, energy or [...]
Dysfunction: the word comes up in conversation every day, usually in relation to crazy families, nutty reality show contestants, and all-around gossip. But what happens when the word dysfunction can be applied to your sales team? In particular, when a dysfunctional sales team is preventing you [...]
Professors Dan Ariely, George Loewenstein and Drazen Prelec some years ago did a very interesting experiment. They showed six different products to marketing students at Sloan Business School at MIT. The products were: 1) Wireless trackball 2) Wireless keyboard 3) A book for design 4) A [...]
The term ‘Thought Leadership’ is either inspired or inane, depending on your view of changing business terms of reference. I like it – but only when it is applied practically, particularly in Marketing. With decreasing boundaries and blurred lines of service, it’s easy for your voice [...]
There is a story about a traveller who found that, in order to be welcomed into an eastern family, he would be asked to take three cups of tea. The first cup was taken as a stranger, the second cup as a friend and, if he [...]
Businesses book venues for events of all kinds. From small meetings to international conferences, organisations require the venue of their choice to be able to meet the specific needs of each occasion. The majority of larger locations assist those organising events by providing the services of [...]
