Raise Your Game

Brainstorming is often the go-to method when we're faced with challenges and stumped for solutions.  But it can be a highly flawed experience - there is a lack of direction and focus that rarely results in true innovation. And the term "think outside the box", can have the opposite effect of inspiring creativity. Alan Iny, the Senior Specialist for Creativity and Scenarios at the Boston Consulting Group and co-author of Thinking in New Boxes, joins us to explore exactly why "out of the box" is not sufficient, and how to find useful and practical new boxes, for sustainable creativity. 

Successful business relationships are built on meaningful connections. But when time doesn't permit, how does one build instant rapport? Sheila Singam explores various tools in NLP that allow for us to forge interactions that can lead to desired outcomes.

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Described as a spiritual counsellor and motivational guru, Datuk Bridget Menezes has dedicated her career to spreading the message of happiness and fulfillment. We catch up with the author of “Self Empowerment” to learn how we can each delve into our own pools of peace and positivity. 

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Successful business relationships are built on meaningful connections. But when time doesn't permit, how does one build instant rapport? Sheila Singam explores various tools in NLP that allow for us to forge interactions that can lead to desired outcomes.

We all have our own ways of perceiving and interpreting the world, based on what we take in with our 5 senses. In the final episode of this series on Clean Language, Jacqueline uses clean questions to take two entrepreneurs through a journey of their senses, to demonstrate the many different ways in which they process information and how that affects decisions and communication. 

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Clean Language #1

Clean Language #2

Clean Language #3

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Described as a spiritual counsellor and motivational guru, Datuk Bridget Menezes has dedicated her career to spreading the message of happiness and fulfillment. We catch up with the author of “Self Empowerment” to learn how we can each delve into our own pools of peace and positivity. 

According to a recent survey, 69 percent of people polled in America said they were “busy,” or “very busy.” Women between 30 and 60 were particularly busy, reporting that they regularly sacrificed sleep, recreation, hobbies and family. Author and entrepreneur Alli Worthington has an issue with this. If we aren’t sleeping, taking care of our bodies, and doing things we enjoy with people we love, then what in the world are we busy doing? Join Alli as she calls for us all to break the habit of busy.

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We all have our own ways of perceiving and interpreting the world, based on what we take in with our 5 senses. In the final episode of this series on Clean Language, Jacqueline uses clean questions to take two entrepreneurs through a journey of their senses, to demonstrate the many different ways in which they process information and how that affects decisions and communication. 

Catch previous Clean Language Series podcasts here:

Clean Language #1

Clean Language #2

Clean Language #3

As we move into an age where freedom and flexibility become a necessity at work, the idea of micromanaging has slowly become synonymous with rigidity and a distinct lack of creativity. Join Joseph Tan from Leaderonomics as he explores this area and shares his thoughts on micromanaging.

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According to a recent survey, 69 percent of people polled in America said they were “busy,” or “very busy.” Women between 30 and 60 were particularly busy, reporting that they regularly sacrificed sleep, recreation, hobbies and family. Author and entrepreneur Alli Worthington has an issue with this. If we aren’t sleeping, taking care of our bodies, and doing things we enjoy with people we love, then what in the world are we busy doing? Join Alli as she calls for us all to break the habit of busy.