Author Archives: Curious and Interested

About Curious and Interested

Former Leader and Manager now writer and coach. Enquiring, Curious, Buys more books than can ever read but still reads a lot. A sucker for gadgets...Ipad, Kindle, Chromecast, apple watch. I aim to improve understanding and cause reflection. Not claiming to be the expert.

A model for improving organisational success

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Curious and Interested

A model developed by BlessingWhite for organisation success highlights the importance of culture and employee engagement. These aspects can be very challenging for leaders faced with a long list of TO DO items that cover technical, financial, marketing or other … Continue reading →

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The paradox of choice – Barry Schwartz TEDTalks (video)

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Curious and Interested

We often complain that we don’t have enough choices but this research presentation shows that more choice is not necessarily a good thing. It is also in line with research written by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein in their book … Continue reading →

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Investing – how not to be your own worst enemy

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Curious and Interested

A great book to understand the behavioural reasons why investing is best not left to intuition is this one by James Montier -The Little Book of Behavioral Investing: How not to be your own worst enemy (James Montier) He quotes Jeremy … Continue reading →

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Motivation – money or meaning?

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Curious and Interested

As Malcolm Gladwell says in Outliers..”the more money they made the next day on the streets. Those three things—autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward—are, most people agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is … Continue reading →

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Decision Making

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Curious and Interested

A lot of the time our role as a leader requires us to make decisions. Some times they are tough, and sometimes we get them wrong. So how do we minimise the risks of getting decisions wrong whilst avoiding procrastination … Continue reading →

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