by Allen Baird, Partner | 12 Jan 11 | education, personal development, series
So you’ve heard of Freud and Jung. But there’s more psychologists out there than that pair. I’d like to introduce you to a few of them. Maybe you’ll like them too, maybe not. That’s up to the both of you. Grab an Earl Grey. First,...
by Allen Baird, Partner | 20 Dec 10 | Leadership, news and events, series
Since we started to tentatively promote the launch of BookCamp for March 2011, people have asked for more juicy details. Let me oblige. Is there a booklist? In an attempt to make the choice of books objective and contemporary, I’ve decided to select from the...
by Allen Baird, Partner | 04 Oct 10 | news and events, personal development, series
This is another selection of juicy-but-overlooked news stories that I found interesting and that have some relevance – promise – to the services of Sensei. How good software makes us stupid is a quality article about a fascinating book called The Shallows:...
by Allen Baird, Partner | 27 Sep 10 | entrepreneurship, gender, news and events, personal development, series
Every now and then ‘the news’ produces an interesting story that flies dangerously close to the ground. It therefore fails to register on our radars, which are primed to catch those important-sounding-but-personally-irrelevant ones instead. I thought it...
by Allen Baird, Partner | 13 Sep 10 | series, teamwork
Darn it but I loved The A-Team as a boy! For me, this was the film of the summer. Reviews have been mixed. This reflects my own judgment of the final product. But as a concept it still has class! In a venture like this, casting is everything, more important than...
by Allen Baird, Partner | 06 Sep 10 | coaching, learning, series, training
OK, first for the film. Jaden Smith, a little too young but believable enough in the part. Jackie Chan, the performance of his life, massive respect for his athleticism and range of achievements, minimal respect for Rush Hour 3 (the only movie I’ve ever...
