Property Market
October 30, 2008 by Holst Group · 2 Comments
Edward de Bono’s Message
When the property market is falling buyers tend to wait until it falls further. Why buy now when yhou can get a lower price in a few months’ time? So the market falls further because some people need to sell and lower their price. Read more
Curl Up And Dye!!
October 28, 2008 by Stuart · Leave a Comment
Hey, what a really creative name for a hairdressers! There are many hairdressing salons with “clever” names but this has to be one of the best I have ever come across. How do people come up with such good creative ideas?
Where do you get your best ideas? In the bath? The shower? Out walking? Sat in the hairdressers?
How about at work? Very rarely do we get really good ideas when we are at work, which is a real concern if we want to find ways to improve our business.
‘thinking to be a problem
October 23, 2008 by Holst Group · 2 Comments
Edward de Bono’s Message
Because we often consider ‘thinking’ to be problem solving we do not think much about matters which are not problems. If there is a wide open road ahead of us we do not stop to consider the side roads. This is what I call ‘blocked by openness’. Read more
Diversity, stress and lipservice
October 20, 2008 by Russell · Leave a Comment
With the current focus on diversity and inclusion, particularly in the legal sector, it made me think about past situations with stress. We had an excellent product which accurately identified areas of stress and provided people with a personal development plan to improve their ability to cope with this. It also gave them access to a tailored set of computer based training modules. All high quality and in our opinion cost effective and comprehensive.
Presentations Worse than Death – a cure?
October 16, 2008 by Russell · Leave a Comment
I went to an interesting session run by the London Business Forum recently on presentation skills. The usual statistic was produced in terms of making a public presentation being the number one fear of people – even more than dying. 42% said this was the number one fear versus only 28% for dying.
Diversity – strength or weaknesses
October 6, 2008 by Russell · 2 Comments
I was at a very interesting breakfast seminar on diversity for the large London law firms recently. This is a major (operational not legal) issue for them and now even some of their clients are starting to place specific expectations on them in the area of diversity. The speaker was Linbert Spencer who is an outstanding speaker and one of the country’s leading experts in this area.
truth paste
October 1, 2008 by Holst Group · 1 Comment
Edward de Bono Message
In my new book I introduce the concept of ‘truth paste’. Tooth paste is used to make the teeth appear brighter. Truth paste is used by writers and journalists to make their work seem ‘more true’. Read more
