So something I often think about within the analyst community is what the role of creativity and ideas play. As analysts it can be uncommon to think creatively and often think more more logically. The...
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Create custom shapes in PowerPoint
PowerPoint 2010 has a new feature that’s very hard to find, but that people are praising over and over. It’s called Custom Shapes, and it’s a set of four tools that you can use to create your ve...
Psychological Safety
At the Adobe Summit I saw a great talk around the importance of psychological safety in the workplace and how critical it is to high performing teams. So important in fact that Google launched a 2 ye...
Justice Index and LGBT Rights Worldwide
During the Adobe Summit Amal Clooney, who was truly inspirational, talked about how they’re trying to use data to build a ‘justice index’ showing the quality of the justice system an...
What’s the difference between a good rebel and a bad one?
During the Adobe Summit a speaker referenced an article from “Rebels at Work” citing their definition of what makes up a ‘bad rebel’ and a ‘good rebel’ which I foun...
24 cognitive biases that are warping your perception of reality
We are each entitled to our own personal world view. Unfortunately, when it comes to interpreting information and making objective sense of reality, human brains are hard-wired to make all kinds of me...
The Four Laws of Combat
Somebody in the team sent me this extract from a book they’re reading which I quite like the simplicity of, it’s a bit militant but I think the principle is quite valid. The first Law of C...
The Beauty of Data Visualization
Not just a talk about how ‘pretty’ data visualisation is but how it can help to tell a story and the importance of visualising stuff appropriately to avoid people taking the wrong message.
Boss vs Leader: 12 Defining Characteristics of a Leader
There seems to be a lot of these type of artwork around and they can paint a bit of a black and white picture but can be an interesting test when thinking about your own behaviours. 12. Leaders Focus ...
Everyday Leadership
This TED Talk was shared with me by somebody in Digital Trading about leadership. For me though a bigger part of this was about recognition and a call to action around recognising people regardless of...