by Damian Hamill
10:52 - 14th May 2012
What can a candle, a box of drawing pins and a box of matches tell us about creativity? This was the question posed and answered by psychologist, Karl Duncker in the 1940s. Before we go further please have a look at the photograph below showing the afore-mentioned three things.
by Damian Hamill
10:30 - 11th May 2012
A recent report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development does not make very comfortable reading for those managers who think they are the best thing since sliced bread. Read on to find out what the CIPD discovered and how companies can respond to address the ‘reality gap’...
by Damian Hamill
09:16 - 8th May 2012
I have recently worked with a couple of coaching clients who have shared the same presenting issue. The problem in question is presentation anxiety and a common aspect of the underlying structure is that nervousness has to be concealed. I want to talk about this interesting assumption a...
by Damian Hamill
10:15 - 20th March 2012
I recently read an article on the effect of fore-names that is fascinating, alarming or encouraging - depending on your perspective. It has stimulated me to look again at the influence that simple words can have beyond what many of us may ever have imagined.
by Damian Hamill
10:30 - 15th February 2012
Years ago I read a book by one of the major developers of Solution-focused Therapy, Bill O’Hanlon. Bill referred to a fantasy novel, The Wizard of Earthsea, as a wonderful metaphor for personal change, growth, healing and relating to aspects of ourselves. I have recommended the book to...
by Damian Hamill
10:30 - 9th February 2012
One of the factors that typified the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, was his laid back presentation style. He would stand up in front of the world and introduce a revolutionary product as if he was showing it to a group of intimate friends and associates. Yet there are other...
by Paul Russell
10:30 - 23rd January 2012
Over the last few days I have been watching the Pakistan v England test match in Dubai. England, the current number 1 ranked team in the world, were comprehensively beaten by 10 wickets inside 3 days! Let me give you some insights from the perspective of an experienced sport...
by Damian Hamill
10:30 - 5th January 2012
Today I read a post from an intelligent, accomplished and resourceful person lamenting the fact that if she wanted to get another two hours work done a day she would not be able to continue getting out of bed at 7:30am. Let’s set aside the fact that half past...
by Damian Hamill
10:30 - 4th January 2012
In my last blog I looked at how ambiguous stimuli, such as Rorschach ink-blots, take on meaning solely due to the fact that the perceiver projects an interpretation onto them. Once such an interpretation or set of perceptual ‘filters’ is proffered by one person it can often shape the...
by Paul Russell
10:30 - 3rd January 2012
I was watching the semi-finals of the Darts PDC World Championships last night and witnessed one of the greatest sporting comebacks of all time. In this ‘First to 6 Sets is the Winner’ match, James Wade was 5 - 1 up against reigning champion, Adrian Lewis. Lewis was written off...