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Margaret Heffernan on how to navigate the future: An interview by Bob Morris

August 13, 2022

Margaret Heffernan produced programmes for the BBC for 13 years. She then moved to the US where she spearheaded multimedia productions for Intuit, The Learning Company and Standard&Poors. She was Chief Executive of InfoMation Corporation, ZineZone Corporation and then iCast…

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Margaret Heffernan on how to navigate the future: An interview by Bob Morris

November 11, 2020

Margaret Heffernan produced programmes for the BBC for 13 years. She then moved to the US where she spearheaded multimedia productions for Intuit, The Learning Company and Standard&Poors. She was Chief Executive of InfoMation Corporation, ZineZone Corporation and then iCast…

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The Intelligent Conversationalist: A book review by Bob Morris

July 25, 2016

The Intelligent Conversationalist: 31 Cheat Sheets That Will Show You How to Talk to Anyone About Anything, Anytime Imogen Lloyd Webber St. Martin’s Press Griffin (June 2016) Need advice on how to strengthen your conversation skills and social presence? This…

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Need advice on how to strengthen your conversation skills? Here is by far the best single source.

July 21, 2016

Among Andrew Lloyd Webber’s countless claims to fame is the fact that he is the father of the author of The Intelligent Conversationalist: 31 Cheat Sheets That Will Show You How to Talk to Anyone About Anything, Anytime. Briefly, Imogen…

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Edward de Bono on the mind as a pattern making machine

April 15, 2016

Edward de Bono is generally credited with introducing the concept of lateral thinking in 1967 and then in a book, Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step (1970). Vertical Thinking is what Aristotle has in mind in On Rhetoric when discussing what…

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Edward de Bono on Lateral Thinking

April 10, 2016

Edward de Bono is generally credited with introducing the concept of lateral thinking in 1967 and then in a book, Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step (1970). Vertical Thinking is what Aristotle has in mind in On Rhetoric when discussing…

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Sylvia Ann Hewett on “How to Keep Top Talent”

January 9, 2013

In Top Talent: Keeping Performance Up When Business Is Down (Harvard Business Press, 2009), Sylvia Ann Hewett offers a wealth of eminently practical advice. Here are four brief excerpts: “The best way to keep your prized people engaged is to…

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