Hilariously Funny, or Flush it Down the Dunny?
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Post No.: 0976   Furrywisepuppy says:   Telling jokes requires complex, high-order communication but enjoying them is totally primitive (just like a baby being tickled!) There’s a social function for laughter. Like yawning, it’s contagious and we’re far more likely … Read More

Following Up and Keeping in Touch with Your Contacts
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Post No.: 0961   Furrywisepuppy says:   Once you’ve met new people and gathered many business cards – this is when networking really begins. Now is the art of following up…   Talking about following up – this post follows … Read More

Packing a Hefty Punchline!
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Post No.: 0948   Fluffystealthkitten says:   Humour is arguably about holding a mirror up to society and pointing out what things are like and what they ought to be like. Wit is a sharp, clever cross-connection between two diverse … Read More

We Can Either Adapt or Die!
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Post No.: 0928   Furrywisepuppy says:   The modern world of work is far less stable than it used to be – 4,000 years ago, you could easily predict what the next 100 years would be roughly like, but nowadays … Read More

Get Networking!
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Post No.: 0917   Furrywisepuppy says:   It’s always more powerful if you can get others to come to you rather than you going to them – so get networking so that others are aware of you and what you … Read More

Some Proclivities of the Finest Bosses
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Post No.: 0905   Furrywisepuppy says:   The greatest bosses see potential in others, continually nurture talent and develop great bosses in others, and of course produce results. They ensure those under them become successful too. They take pleasure in … Read More

You Don’t Need Eyes to See, You Need Vision
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Post No.: 0894   Furrywisepuppy says:   Great leaders have an authentic yet urgent and uncompromising vision and are brilliant at communicating that vision in-person to others to get people energised and compelled by it. This vision addresses why they … Read More

When Our Past Experience and Expertise Can Fail Us in Business
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Post No.: 0887   Fluffystealthkitten says:   Our instinctive emotional responses are fast, which aids our survival when we have no time to conduct a deep analysis of our options, like when sensing a potential hungry fuzzy beast lurking in … Read More

Some Typical Mistakes in Business
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Post No.: 0880   Furrywisepuppy says:   There’s always competition, hence there’s always change, which requires you to periodically adapt. Some of the biggest companies in history have disappeared because they didn’t respond to changing markets – including political, wider … Read More

Fostering Well-Being in the Workplace and Managing Absence
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Post No.: 0869   Furrywisepuppy says:   A business depends on its furry employees, and healthier employees are more productive, creative, resilient and happier, which means they’ll want to stay and give their best for the organisation. It’ll likely earn … Read More

Coach with Constructive Feedback
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Post No.: 0859   Furrywisepuppy says:   The world is changing constantly, due to new technologies, competition, cultural shifts or global events – thus organisations need to continually be agile, adapt and refine what they do and how. No one … Read More

Every Organisation Needs Good Managers
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Post No.: 0849   Furrywisepuppy says:   Organisations are made up of people – you have your money, and you have your people. Human resources are usually one of the largest costs as well as assets hence the well-being and … Read More

Maximising Efficiency Versus Adaptability
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Post No.: 0836   Furrywisepuppy says:   Seeking efficiency always seems like a sensible goal. But we’ve got to be careful about specifically what conditions we’re trying to be most efficient for?   For instance, just-in-time (JIT) in supply chain … Read More

Principal-Agent Problems and Agency Costs
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Post No.: 0793   Furrywisepuppy says:   Within businesses, ‘principal-agent agency costs’ can arise from the actions of an agent (e.g. senior management) when acting on behalf of a principal (e.g. the shareholders). Conflicts of interest can mean, for example, … Read More

Comparing Chimpanzees With Humans
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Post No.: 0763   Fluffystealthkitten says:   Although humans like to position their own species as the most highly moral in the animal kingdom, it arguably appears to be the case that humans and chimpanzees are the only species that … Read More

Are We Always Playing the Good Guys?
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Post No.: 0743   Fluffystealthkitten says:   We’re biased to interpret our own actions as more well-intended and moral than the equivalent actions of others.   It’s all fictional but, when we play videogames, we almost invariably ostensibly play the … Read More

The Myth Around Narcissistic Leaders
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Post No.: 0716   Furrywisepuppy says:   A mythology persists that says that bold, visionary leaders need to be narcissistic to have the self-confidence to launch innovative and incredibly risky ventures – but you can be confident and creative without … Read More

We’re on Each Other’s Team
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Post No.: 0686   Fluffystealthkitten says:   More frequently than not for a social species like humans – the optimal strategy for individuals is to work well together as a team. Well everybody is born dependent on others as babies … Read More

Thieves are Just Being Rationally Self-Interested
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Post No.: 0659   Furrywisepuppy says:   Organised crime is profoundly about serving selfish interests (few thieves are genuine Robin Hoods who steal things for a cause that doesn’t include themselves or their own kin), fulfilling supply and demand (in … Read More

Culture Shifts, One Bandwagon at a Time
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Post No.: 0617   Fluffystealthkitten says:   PR and advertising is often just about brands ‘virtue signalling’ with ‘woke capitalism’ and trying to jump onto a current bandwagon without authenticity. They’re trying to commercialise and capitalise on popular movements or … Read More

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