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  • Date: March 2, 2017
“Everything that came before was wrong” (and why this rarely works)

Though Marie had followed the company guidelines for hiring the new VP of product at her firm, and her hiring team were on board, something about the new hire troubled her. It wasn’t until three weeks in that she started to see the real worrying signs. Georgio, was chairing his first steering meeting as VP of product. “I’ve […]

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  • Date: March 2, 2017
Delegate or Die

“Nathan, you’ve got to delegate” I heard this phrase over and over so many times during my time as CEO of IDEO’s OI Engine. But like so much advice, when it is framed out of context, it doesn’t resonate. Although I did learn the art of delegation, it wasn’t until I had made the decision […]

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  • Date: November 25, 2016
What would x do?

Originally posted on LinkedIn Next time you’re stuck trying to accomplish something that feels out of your comfort zone, try this simple hack: I was struggling with Excel this morning (I sometimes feel I was not born to do excel). When suddenly I thought ‘What would Glen do?’ Moments later I had solved the problem […]

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  • Date: November 25, 2016
Mindful leading: 9 ways to be a more mindful leader

Originally posted on LinkedIn How many of your resolutions have you managed to keep to? Did you try Dry January? Did you manage to attend that workout class every week? If you did, then congrats. But if you didn’t, don’t worry, resolutions are supposed to be hard to keep. A while ago I made myself […]

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  • Date: September 14, 2016
The myth of originality

There’s a myth about creativity that you have to be original. I remember at art college sharing ideas and the response 95% of the time was ‘yeah but is that original?’ I think entrepreneurs worry about the same predicament. However, the truth is there is most ideas are just an old idea in a new […]

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  • Date: June 27, 2016
The Ones Who Walked Away from Europe

Originally posted on Medium The ones who walked away from Europe Ryan’s email was unsurprising. He was only ten minutes late for dinner but his email read “I left my office over an hour ago. Trains are closed and rerouted. I’m now in an uber pool heading towards angel.” It was the night before the UK […]

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  • Date: January 25, 2016
Shadow Work

Originally posted on Medium Shadow Work Which technology do you feel really saves you time? It’s often said that in the 20th Century, the washing machine helped transform women’s role in the home. Yet have all domestic technologies done the same for us? One of my pet peeves is the washing machine’s white-good cousin, the […]

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  • Date: May 30, 2015
Eight tips on running a great team offsite

Eight tips on running a great team offsite It’s been reported that corporate offsites cost companies millions every year purely in just employee salary time — that’s before factoring in the costs of gallons of cool aid and corporate getaways. Yet, if done well, I’m a big believer in the value of a team offsite, whether your – Read More –

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  • Date: May 30, 2015
OpenIDEO relaunches with new design

How to enable greater impact through collaboration OpenIDEO.com relaunches with brand new design.  Six years ago, a team of us at IDEO asked ourselves: if we are creating global impact with just a few hundred designers using IDEO’s design principles, what might happen if we open up the design process and invite hundreds of thousands of people – Read More –

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  • Date: May 30, 2015
Dramatically simple tip to improve hiring at your startup

Dramatically simple trick to improve hiring at your startup. One of the experiments we’re trying at IDEO’s collaborative problem solving platform, OI Engine.  Investing time in finding the best talent for your startup is crucial. Yet if you’re an entrepreneur, time is your most precious commodity. So how do you maximise time spent searching for – Read More –

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