Categories

Search

Archives

Archive for the ‘business consultants’ Category

RISE to the challenge of whistle-blowing!

by Damian Hamill 00:00 - 30th April 2012
I recently read an article which reported a call by Professor David Lewis of Middlesex University, one of the UK’s leading employment law experts, for companies to actively reward and protect whistle-blowers within their organisation. Read on to find out how we at Watt Works can contribute to this...

Keeping your Business Competitive and Profitable

by ClickConsult 10:04 - 30th November 2011
Running your own business is far from easy, especially in the current unfavourable economic climate. There are a myriad of issues that you need to stay on top of such as financial obligations, legal regulations and employee management. And on top of all this, you need to be astute enough...

Boost your Company’s Brand

by ClickConsult 10:01 - 25th November 2011
Marketing is an essential aspect of business. Indeed, even if you have the greatest product or service in world; it will count for nothing if consumers do not know your company exists. Therefore it is absolutely vital that your company has a presence amongst potential users of your offerings so...

An MOT for your Business

by ClickConsult 09:56 - 21st November 2011
Vehicle MOTs are essential as they enable mechanics to establish whether your car is operating properly and recommend remedial action if it is found to be dysfunctional in any way. As a business owner, you may be glad to hear that business organisations too can benefit from having in-depth assessments...

NLP – manipulation and mis-selling!

by Damian Hamill 13:58 - 24th October 2011
This morning I had a meeting with a senior manager in a global company and we got talking about NLP. In the discussion she said that she felt NLP was “manipulative” – a charge that I am sure is not unheard of by many in the NLP world. ...

What’s normal? Social Proof theory for improving efficiency.

by Damian Hamill 10:00 - 17th October 2011
Reading time: approximately 90 seconds. Not for the first time I am indebted to Andy Smith for pointing me in the direction of a fascinating piece of research showing how social psychology principles can be harnessed for positive effect in the real world. It shows how the Social Proof principle...

Go with the flow of Ultradian Rhythms

by ClickConsult 11:08 - 30th August 2011
A productive workforce is the ideal coveted by any company owner but often the reality of life, pressures of the job and other influencing factors can get in the way. Finding new and effective methods to motivate and stimulate employees can often be daunting which is why we at Watt...

A Little Push into a Big New World

by ClickConsult 11:01 - 30th July 2011
Confidence: It can be found in the right body language, effective classroom management, a great phone demeanour and, significantly, within programmes like our executive coaching and business communication courses. We meet lots of great, highly professional folks looking to develop the skills needed to succeed in the 21st century cutthroat...

The Piddle Principle – a new paradigm in systems thinking?

by Damian Hamill 13:14 - 29th July 2011
Those of you who have been following Watt Works for a while will know that we are very big on systems thinking and have a world-class systems thinking team offering training and consultancy in the field. One of the fundamental concepts of systems thinking is that we are all...

The easy way to boost your brand

by ClickConsult 11:23 - 25th June 2011
Running a successful company is not easy and you must excel in a range of disciplines if you are to achieve your goal. For example, as well as providing good quality products or services, you must ensure you offer the necessary standard of customer service and you have to market...

RSS & Links

 Blog RSS  News Room RSS  Coaching  NLP  Sports Psychology  Systems Thinking

10% discount on courses and coaching for facebook fans

Twitter

About This Blog

Hello and welcome to “The Lightbulb”.

The Lightbulb is a blog that brings you the best in systems thinking, neuro linguistic programming and sports psychology and how the ideas and concepts from these areas can enhance performance for both individuals and organisations.

I’ll be bringing you ideas and concepts from a variety of disciplines … and including ideas from people such as Stafford Beer, Peter Senge, Humberto Maturana, Ross Ashby, Gregory Bateson, Norbert Wiener, Gordon Pask, Warren McCulloch, Buckminster Fuller, Heinz von Foerster, Milton  Erickson, Alfred Korzybski, Virginia Satir, Peter Drucker, Russell Ackoff, W. Edwards Deming and many, many more.

If you have an interest in individual or organisational change, transformation or coaching there should be something of interest here for you.  I’ll be exploring the application of ideas from the greatest thinkers of our time to a wide variety of issues in order to improve such things as personal and organisational communication, strategy creation, creativity and innovation, policy formation, performance management, governance, marketing, sales, facilitation and problem solving.

Recommended Reading

Watt Works Consulting Ltd Booths Hall, Chelford Road, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8GS, England, United Kingdom T +44 (0)1565 759 893