Author: Darren
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Self Awareness
I haven’t been posting much lately. Sorry. It has been a very busy period. It appears that training, in particular face to face training, is still going very strong. Great! Most of next year is booked out as well which is the first time ever. I am about to go on a bit of a…
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Free Images
I have directed you in the past to sites like unsplash for free images. There are great for trainers when we are trying to make our resources more entertaining. I found this video recently which outlines 5 sites and provides some useful information.
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Sunday Zephyr – Being Yourself
How’s your Sunday going? Unfortunately this weekend I have been working on some design work. During the research phase I found a very interesting video. It is funny and deep at the same time. You can watch it and just have a laugh or you can watch it and maybe contemplate it’s meaning over the…
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Creativity
I am currently doing some research on creativity for a program and found this video. Good outline of creativity and an intersting challenge at the end of the video. Try it out.
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Aboriginal Culture
I am delivering a session on workplace diversity this week and was googling around to find some additional resources and found this site – Share Our Pride. It is an aboriginal culture site and it is fantastic. Every Australia should be encouraged to study this website. The website is found here
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Confident Conflict
I am currently completing the design of a program on Conflict and I needed a practical video which fitted with the overall outcomes. I found this video and maybe you will be able to use it sometime.
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Understanding the Economy
Whole working on strategic thinking I came across this excellent video by Ray Dalio. In the video he does a very good job of explaining the economy. A useful thing to understand at present. Enjoy.
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Strategic Errors
I am currently working on (many things) a strategic planning workshop and came across this article on strategic errors. They are quite funny, tragic and amazing. The first thought is, how could you make a mistake this big. But, in the moment it probably made sense. Enjoy – read the article here.
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Conflict Resolution
I was putting together a training program on conflict resolution this weekend and was tapping into a lot of resources that I have used in the past. I remembered that there was also some good resources at The Conflict Resolution Network. If you haven’t been to this website, time to go there. It has a…
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Can you learn Empathy?
Empathy is a very important skill and a big part of emotional intelligence. It is something we can all work on but can you gain empathy over time. I think you can as I believe I have managed this over the years. I don’t think I was naturally a very empathetic person. The article below…