by David Goldring | Nov 9, 2014 | Article, Education, Happiness, Learning
Adam Hopkinson’s angry old man rant about how we are using , and abusing, communication channels, was an interesting start to my week. His basic premises is that we should pay more attention to the channels we use, avoid switching mid conversation (i.e. moving...
by David Goldring | Nov 9, 2014 | Accountability, Education, Happiness, Insight, Productivity
When you’ve been doing something for a while, and are acknowledged as an expert, its hard to believe that you can learn much. Its a challenge as trainers that we face weekly. Most of our customers are successful enterprises and they tend to hire for experience,...
by David Goldring | Feb 15, 2013 | Article, Education, Happiness, Leadership, Other
Well like many of us, I was able to avoid the temptation of reposting it as suggested. Not only was I sceptical of Linked-ins motives, but I was wary of the methodology- and my own motives. Yet after seeing a few posts about it, and personal comments, I couldn’t...
by David Goldring | Feb 13, 2013 | Education, Happiness, Leadership
The evidence has been with us for some time; people who listen, get heard, yet people who don’t speak, aren’t listened to. Its not that simple, but the idea that you need both Introversion and Extraversion to persuade we’ve been championing for some...
by David Goldring | May 17, 2012 | Education, Learning, Lumina, Other
One of the things I really like about Lumina Spark is how practically applicable it is. I’m constantly finding examples of other models and training tools that sync up with the mandala in a useful and interesting way. At the last Lumina qualification I watched a...
by David Goldring | Apr 10, 2012 | Education, Learning, Lumina
We’ve got our thinking caps on around The Inspiration Factory. We’ve started work on some white papers, designed to help us share Lumina Spark more effectively with different audiences. If they turn out to be useful tools for us we’re considering sharing them for...