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As our technological advances leap ahead and new forms of encrypted digital currency are invented I wonder if that same technology could be used to keep checks on all the questionable outsourcing that is going on out there. Surely this would lead to real responsible business practice.
Life cycles are real things. All living things have them. We are born, we live and we die. It is strange then that in the world of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) projects, people rarely mention the actual life cycle of the products or of everything else connected to the products.
I was invited to talk at two RBS regional conferences about turning workplaces into fanbases. RBS were preparing for their re-brand to Williams & Glynn amidst constant negativity in the press and a high level of uncertainty. This was a light-hearted look at how being a fan can make a big difference.
What makes a leader and maybe just as importantly; what makes a leader recognisable to everyone? We did a survey to see which world leaders were recognisable to Generation Z'ers. The results were very interesting indeed!
How can we be normal if actually we are all so very different from each other? If we were analysed a surprising number of us would find ourselves being labelled narcissists or psychopaths! And what was once considered abnormal is now normal and vice versa. Times change and seemingly so do what we call 'norms'.
