What happens when you can’t keep your thoughts to yourself?

The new technologies of brain-AI interfaces have profound implications for human society. Current technology using devices inserted to the inside of the skull allow paralysed people to manipulate objectives and even speak through AI-assisted machines. It’s already possible to capture frequently occurring patterns of neurons to make things happen, even before the person is aware of having made the choice or become consciously aware. And we are at a similar place in these technologies to where computing was when it took a whole room of components to do a fraction of what can now be done on a single mobile phone.

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If I knew then what I know now… what aspiring HR Directors need to know

The transition from senior HR professional to a Board role is complex, demanding and far from obvious. Four years ago, we asked HRDs from 17 countries what would have been beneficial for them to know on their journey to the boardroom. The responses were detailed and wide-ranging, but some key challenges emerged.

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Why is it so difficult to create a coaching culture?

The concept of a coaching culture has been a serious topic for about 20 years. Yet after all this time, there are few, if any, examples of organisations that have achieved a sustainable coaching culture – or even a transitory one. So, what’s the problem?

What makes a cost-effective coaching and mentoring strategy?

While most large employers at least pay lip service to the importance of a coaching and mentoring culture, the proportion of organisations that have achieved anything approaching this is miniscule. It seems an elusive objective and one, where gains can be rapidly lost, when leaders change or adversity strikes. So, why is it so difficult?

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The Corporate Biome

One of the greatest revelations of 21st Century science has been that the human organism is a collective. We exist in symbiosis with a millions of different microorganisms that maintain our health when they are in balance and cause ill-health or death when they are not. We are also at an early stage of understanding...

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What’s your system as a coach?

Although it doesn’t figure highly in some competency frameworks, systemic thinking is one of the key differentiating factors between mediocre and masterful coaches. Whether it’s an individual client or a team, understanding the systems around them is the first step in initiating positive and durable change. Yet in my coaching retreats around the world and...

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Coach the system, not the client

Mature coaches coach very differently to their less mature colleagues. It’s not just that they are less concerned with following process, it is that they attend very differently. At a base level of maturity, coaches see the client, the problem and the solution. It’s a very linear perspective, but it works (up to a point) with simple performance or skills issues. Gradually, they learn to pay attention to the client’s internal systems – what’s going on within them that is supporting or hindering the outcomes the want to achieve. Some coaches evolve to attend additionally to the client’s immediate systems – their family, boss, peers and direct reports etc – and the relationship between the client and each of these. This is what’s typically described as systemic coaching.

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AI versus human: the issue of memory

Yet another perspective on the differences between AI and humans, this time from Charan Ranganath, author of Why We Remember: Revealing the hidden power of memory. As the table below illustrates, “comparisons between humans and AI are misguided because they reflect different design constraints”.

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Could your next career be Professional Mentor?

As executives in organisations come up to retirement age, a recurrent question is What do I do with all that experience?  Rather than being an end to working life, retirement is increasingly the gateway to a new career that builds on their accumulated wisdom. One traditional option is consulting, where they have specific expertise. Alternatively, for those who don’t want to be confined to a narrow role, professional mentoring offers a way of tapping into a much wider spread of their expertise and experience.

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