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DIGEST | The Weekly Newsletter
Friday 13th November 2020

Hello and welcome to DIGEST this week we look at the Power of Gratitude. We also consider the importance of Body Language. There is an article on finding a job during the pandemic and how to manage your workload if you have been recently promoted. Finally there is a really interesting article about how to identify your genius.

DIGEST is food for thought. Collecting, curating and synthesising the most timely and relevant perspectives on career, leadership, entrepreneur and innovation thinking from around the world.

Last week we launched the second episode of our podcast - iTHINK Series Two - Do You Have A Start Up In You? In episode two we meet the amazing Maria MacNamara, CEO of Advance the organisation connecting Australians to the world.

Have a great week and stay safe

Crispin

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LEADERSHIP

11 November 2020

The Power of Gratitude

It is so easy to underestimate the power of gratitude, we get busy. Colleagues and team members are doing the job they are paid to do, no one thanked us so why should I get out and thank them? I had a colleague who made a practice of starting meetings by recognising a peer for […]

9 November 2020

Leadership in a Crisis

Leadership in a crisis requires a different emphasis to retain the trust and motivation of team members. As everyone within the team collectively deals with rolling waves of challenges that impact personal and professional lives the leader needs to be a beacon of light and clarity. The McKinsey authors commence this article by pointing out […]

CAREER

12 November 2020

Identifying Your Genius

Identifying your genius is about understanding what makes you different or special. It is your personal and professional unique value proposition. It fits quite nicely with defining your purpose (there are numerous articles in HBR and various Journals on the topic of purpose). Purpose is about being really clear what drives you. Genius is about […]

11 November 2020

Finding a Job (During a Pandemic)

Finding a job, the right job can take time and it can be quite hard. During the pandemic that challenge has become exponentially harder for many people. This DIGEST examines the challenges of finding a job during this difficult time with some practical advice. You Are Not Alone No matter if you are a new […]

11 November 2020

Managing Workload When Your Promoted.

Managing your workload when you get promoted can be very difficult, as getting promoted means more responsibility but the hours in the day are finite. Having an effective plan on how to manage the workload is critical for any leader stepping up. Leadership coach Liz Kislik suggests three practical steps to keep things under control. […]

11 November 2020

The importance of body language

There is no question of the importance of body language, it says all sorts of things about how we are feeling, (moods, stress levels) in conveys our engagement and reflects our EQ. Many of these non verbal clues might actually be messages we do not want to share.. “You make an impression in less than […]

ENTREPRENEUR (& STARTUP)

4 November 2020

Startup Paradoxes

Silicon Valley is world famous for being the birthplace to many start ups, most of the US’s venture capital goes to firms based in the valley but many fail as they struggle to grow and the process weeds out the best ideas and the strongest businesses from the rest. Silicon Valley has access to talent […]

INNOVATION

Think Like a Comedian

27 October 2020

While it doesn’t sound like the most obvious approach there are a number of tools that business leaders can take and apply from comedians. But the approach doesn’t require you to try and be funny, rather by better understanding how comedians do their job, leaders can learn techniques to be better at theirs. Comedians use […]

Hitting the Innovation Sweet Spot

27 October 2020

The innovation sweet spot is achieving the perfect combination of innovation brilliance. Alignment between the viability, desirability, feasibility and integrity. Desirability (Human) – the latent demand for this product or service. Do people really want it and will it add value Viability (Business) – can you deliver the product or service and can it scale […]

DISTRACTION

A list of the very best bars in the world. Now that is useful.

A subway train has crashed through a buffer stop and landed on a 30-foot-high whale statue near Rotterdam

Transformer Kids are these the best halloween costumes ever ?

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