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Waiting for the Miracle

by Damian Hamill 10:30 - 19th December 2011
“There were lots of invitations; I know you sent me some. But I’ve been waiting for the miracle, for the miracle to come.” These words from Leonard Cohen’s magnificent song, The Miracle, sum up for me one of the most alarming aspects of the personal development movement of the last...

Out-flanking Convention – More on Second Order Change!

by Damian Hamill 14:19 - 14th December 2011
I recently blogged on how the approaches taken by the fictitious Captain James T. Kirk and the historically real Alexander the Great offer fine examples of Second Order Change – the type of change generated through a fundamental re-examination and evolution of the perceived rules governing a problem situation. ...

The Benefits of Executive Coaching

by ClickConsult 09:34 - 30th September 2011
Executive coaching is a bespoke service designed to help business leaders address the many problems, issues and concerns they face on a day-to-day basis. If you are business executive, CEO, or senior manager, you will most likely be very used to that feeling of juggling many balls with only two...

Keep stress at bay with effective training

by ClickConsult 10:39 - 5th June 2011
Work can be stressful. Meeting deadlines and making a good impression on managers and so on can put people under a lot of pressure. Meanwhile, as a result of the ongoing economic problems, many enterprises are slimming down their operations to ensure they are as efficient as possible. This means...

Applying Systems Thinking – course retrospecitive.

by Damian Hamill 13:33 - 16th May 2011
Recently the team at Watt Works delivered a three day training programme, Applying Systems Thinking, at our London training venue, the Royal College of Pathologists in Westminster. As Director of Training, I dropped in to observe the course and would like to share a few impressions of the event. ...

Why “Now” Might Be the Best Time to Review Your Business

by David Kerr 16:10 - 15th May 2010
The following article is due to appear in the forthcoming June 2010 edition of "Business Matters" magazine... After what is officially the longest recession on record, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has recently announced the strongest growth in industrial production for almost a decade.

Employee Engagement as a Key Success Factor in Transformation

by David Kerr 21:55 - 12th May 2010
A report by the Harvard Business Review yesterday, quoted a recent McKinsey survey into employee engagement and organisational transformation projects.

Coaching for Performance Improvement – What Type is Right For You?

by David Kerr 16:27 - 23rd April 2010
Feel like you’ve been revving your engine for too long, and need to get your car in gear? Perhaps you need an extra nudge to get you moving in the right direction? If so, coaching could be a route worth exploring ...

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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.

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