by Kate Mercer | Jul 4, 2023 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
Did you work it out? Because that’s exactly the sort of puzzle that distinguishes a human from AI. In the Turing Test, an AI computer and a human are asked questions to determine which is human. If the computer is indistinguishable from the human, it passes the Turing...
by Kate Mercer | Mar 5, 2023 | Organisation Culture, Team Development
Many of us discovered during the Covid lockdown something we probably knew all along anyway – face-to-face communication is in many ways ‘better’ than remote communication. While remote communication offers convenience and cost-effectiveness, it cannot match the...
by Kate Mercer | Oct 22, 2022 | Leadership
Have you ever been ‘ghosted’? That potential customer who seemed so interested in doing business with you, then never came back? The job interviewer who seemed so keen, then went silent and stopped returning your emails and calls? The enthusiastic young applicant for...
by Kate Mercer | Feb 20, 2022 | Organisation Culture
Could a family culture be bad for your organisation and your leadership? When you think about your aspirations for your company’s culture, a natural reaction might be to cast around for examples of the kind of ‘feel’ you are seeking. What very often comes to mind is...
by Kate Mercer | Jan 12, 2022 | Leadership
Here we are again at the start of a New Year. It’s often a time when we reassess how we are doing in life and set ourselves new aspirations and targets. Many of us have found a new urgency to carry out this self-audit as the pandemic shifts our priorities and changes...