Have you heard about our Data Visualisation Course?
OzTrain's course in data visualisation is taking Adelaide by storm.... Read More
does your audience understand your data?
Nothing drives me to distraction more than having to read a paragraph telling me what a graph should be showing me. If you find yourself having to write a dissertation about the meaning behind your data presentation, you're doing it wrong! If you'd like to learn how to display data so that the audience can quickly grasp its meaning, then consider a half-day course in data visualisation. Read More
Is the public sector capable of innovation?
Stereotypes of inflexible, lumbering and rule driven service delivery by public sector agencies abound. But are such tales reality based? Are they a gratuitous whinge or a genuine call for public sector innovation? Do the punters really want the public sector to innovate or is it just the view of elites? And is the public sector even capable of innovation? Read More
BRF? I learnt a new term today
At a management course with one of the Unis today, my group introduced me to a new term – Bitchy Resting Face. Now this is a new one for me, but it made sense. When you are not interacting in a group situation in particular, what is your face saying? Read More
CEOs need mentors too
“What could be more valuable to a CEO than having an experienced and trusted external mentor? Perhaps having two. When Paul Geddes became the chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland’s insurance division, in 2009, he sought the counsel of two prominent board chairmen, each of whom had led a large business over three or four decades. Read More
Not so Smart Phone
Last night my 15 year old daughter asked me a question then responded to a text message on her smart phone while I was answering. When she had finished she looked up and said, ‘Pardon?’ And recently I have been in one-on-one meetings with people who constantly glanced at their smart phone during our conversation or worse, interrupted it to answer a call. Read More