No natural limit

Edward de Bono’s Message

There is no natural limit to traffic – which is increasing everywhere. There is no natural limit to communication which is also increasing rapidly. Read more

“I wish the telephone had never been invented”…

Edward de Bono wishes the telephone had never been invented and would love to have been born in the 15th century.

In this article from The Telegraph Edward de Bono talks about his fantasy job, sporting heroes and he would like to be remembered.

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Leaders in London

We were asked to support Edward de Bono as he was invited to speak at the Leaders in London main conference. He also held a Masterclass for over 200 eager delegates. 

The line-up was a mixture of household names (Al Gore, Kofi Annan, David Cameron etc) and business keynote speakers (Allan Leighton, Banjamin Zander, Marcus Buckingham). What surprised me the most was the quality of each and every speaker. 

At most conferences you get a range of quality but this really was special. I should point out that I’m not being paid to say this! If you want some free snippets of last years speakers go here.

I am attending again this year and thoroughly recommend the conference.

Barack Obama and You

If ever the importance of good communication skills has been demonstrated it is in Barack Obama.  People have raised major questions over his background, experience, the impact of racial discrimination etc.  However, his ability as a communicator, has transcended all of these. 

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Presentations Worse than Death – a cure?

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.

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Why has the US bailout failed?

Was the US bailout package the right thing to do? Probably. Should the bill have been passed by the House of Representatives? Probably. So why didn’t it? Everyone agreed it was critical to the future of the American economy.  

Poor presentation of key messages resulted in 100-1 American citizens against the bill. From the name of the package to the average Joe’s understanding of what was actually on the table, it was flawed before it even got to ‘the House’. 

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How to communicate like Skype

Skype’s whole business model is dependant on clear, trouble free communication using computers.

Skype is impressive. Not only is clear communication a business fundamental, but it seems to be an organisational value as well. Watch this video about using Skype for business.

They have used a classic communication model of:

1. Tell them what you are about to say
2. Say it
3. Tell them what you’ve said.

Or as we teach in Think on Your Feet(R):

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COMMUNICATIONS: THOSE SENIOR MOMENTS

We’ve just had the annual media fight over exam results and qualifications: is the educational system delivering the right mix of skills for industry; what is the status of new diplomas in engineering and construction; are qualifications getting easier?

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