Life and politics: a war of words
Political parties create conflict, always highlighting the differences between them. There’s no political advantage in finding common ground, writes Dave Rawlings. An earlier article has…
Soft Skills
When worlds collide
Taking the beliefs of others on board, trying them on as a temporary experiment, is the key to understanding their view of the world, writes…
You say you want a revolution
Populists have succeeded in making people feel that they belong to a group that feels what they feel, writes David Rawlings. The wave of populism…
Déjà vu – again
David Rawlings reflects on what happens when you try to make sense of something that you can’t understand. We’ve heard quite a bit of witness…
I like the way I map things out
When you think somebody is being irrational, cruel or stupid it’s useful to ask yourself a simple question, David Rawlings says. ‘What must the world look…
When the worm turns How we reinforce past choices
David Rawlings poses the question: if the reality of “control” turns out to be different from the promise will people change their minds? Left-wing or…
One step at a time The DNA of success
Change management specialist Dave Rawlings poses the question. Have you lost the ability to try new ingredients and different methods? In his book The Greatest…
Set “awesome” goals: the rest will follow
I’ve been influenced a lot by The Last Word on Power, a book on leadership by Tracy Goss. It’s quite difficult to get hold of…
To boldly go…
… and confidence will take you further. There are plenty of reasons for thinking that the world has changed quite fundamentally in the past year….
A little give and take goes a long way
Over the years I’ve come to realise that I’m motivated by ideas – something new that captures my imagination. Not any old ideas, just those…