Jul 1, 2021
While he has heard it said that “business improvement kills innovation”, George never fully understood it until he heard it and saw it first hand and began to realise that business improvement can hamper innovation if certain scenarios are allowed to take place.
George realised there are points along the improvement...
Jul 1, 2021
From 1928 to 1932, a gentleman by the name of George Elton Mayo conducted an experiment at the Hawthorne Western Electric plant (in the USA) to determine if increased lighting would result in increased productivity.
As it turned out, they realised it was actually the ‘Hawthorne Effect’ that had caused an increase in...
May 13, 2021
The age old saying ‘practice makes perfect’, while well intended, has always been misleading. What we’ve come to realise today is that ‘perfect practice makes perfect.
In this podcast George talks about how to take the concept of perfect practice in to the business world and apply it to work based capability...
May 13, 2021
Public speaking is one of the greatest fears people have. Try doing it as an Introvert!
In this episode George talks about introversion, particularly as it affects public speaking. He also provides a number of hard learnt ways an introvert can effectively prepare for and deliver their public speaking engagements and...
Feb 6, 2021
Do you get to your pitch too soon? Do you have the right foundations in place so your audience considers your idea fully before they make a decision about their commitment to it? George talks about what it takes to effectively get resistant audiences ready for your change idea presentation or pitch.
This podcast is...