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A Personal Knowledge Management System - a 4 step process to build an awesome system

A Personal Knowledge Management System - a 4 step process to build an awesome system

In this post I will share my Personal Knowledge Management System (PKMS). At the heart of becoming a Cultivated Manager is learning. You’ll see that learning, communication and creativity run through pretty much every post and video. Watch the YouTube video here: Or listen to the Cultivated Podcast, or

Company Culture - 9 Essential tips to transform it

Company Culture - 9 Essential tips to transform it

Company Culture Transformations are all the rage in business these days. It’s hard to find a company that is NOT doing some form of transformation. Yet it’s really hard to transform a company because most people focus on tech, roadmaps, strategies and the like – but they fail to

The Remote Interview - 15 Tips to make it effective

The Remote Interview - 15 Tips to make it effective

In this post I’m going to share 15 tips for conducting an amazing remote interview. The following tips are for managers who want to conduct an amazing remote interview, keep the bar high and put the candidate at the heart of the process. Read on or watch the video.

Hiring over qualified people - 3 brilliant reasons and some challenges too

Hiring over qualified people - 3 brilliant reasons and some challenges too

If you’re hiring – hire people who are overqualified for the role you have available. In fact, look at the problem you need solving by a new hire (if there is no problem, why are you hiring?) and think about where that role will be in 6 months to a

What problem are you trying to solve? A powerful question at work

What problem are you trying to solve? A powerful question at work

Be more productive in your everyday work by asking these brilliantly powerful questions, starting with the most powerful one: * “What problem are we trying to solve?” (Discovery) A logical next couple of questions would be: * “How do we know it’s a problem? (Measures) * “Is it a problem worth solving?

Effective training is about changing behaviours

Effective training is about changing behaviours

If someone attends a training course and they come back and continue to do what they did before, was that money well spent? Was that effective training or effective learning? I’d argue it would be a “No” – that is not effective training. Sure, sometimes we want to make people

Process Improvement - Staple yourself for brilliant insights

Process Improvement - Staple yourself for brilliant insights

A powerful way of doing basic process improvement is to map out a process visually, look for friction and problems, and then remove the friction. Sounds simple right? In other words, staple yourself (metaphorically, not physically!) to a work item and watch it flow (or not) – then address the issues.