By Declan Noone In 2010, the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research published a report which stated that ‘College kids today are about 40% lower in empathy than their counterparts of 20 or 30 years ago’.[1] These findings are based on a review of 72 studies of 14,000 American college students conducted between 1979 and 2009.[2] It is…
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An insight into how dramatically technology changes our behaviours and the ambiguity of the outcomes. By Armin Forstner This year, our fourth annual positive & mindful leader summit focused on Human Change and Technology, and how to use the principles and tools of positive leadership, behavioural science and mindfulness to deal with the increasing prevalence and…
We spoke with Rafael Herrera Garland, Leadership and Talent Analyst, Heineken (Spain). In this series, we introduce the next generation of positive and mindful leaders who are taking positive action to foster flourishing work environments. Rafael, tell us more about your background. I was born in Lima, Perú and there I majored in clinical psychology.…
The systematic failure of organisations to enable employees to use their knowledge and experience to understand what is implicitly required. By Declan Noone There is one issue that has arisen multiple times over the last number of years as I have moved from life in the military to life as a management consultant with Serrano…
Are leaders still needed in the age of AI? By Declan Noone According to a joint study by Oracle and research firm Future Workplace ‘as many as 64%of workers say they would trust a robot over their manager[1]’. This study examined responses from 8,300 employees across 10 countries. Are leaders still needed? This appears to…
Discussing our place in the digital world. By Declan Noone Change is a given. In fact, in our personal and professional lives, change is an essential catalyst for positive growth and development. But it’s no longer just the (increasingly breakneck) pace of change that we must contend with, but the nature of technological change impacting…
LOST – The Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training – report on their experience of deploying positive leadership tools to youth in Lebanon. Report by Majdoline Jaafar Change has always been a bitter pill to swallow. If you go back in time, to whatever revolution was made, to whatever discovery was revealed, to whatever norm…
By Thomas Dodds, Associate Director of Admission for the IE School of Human Sciences and Technology. The Reality Our reality, the world in which we work and in which our organisations compete, is now so globalised and technologically advanced that almost everything can be copied: products, marketing strategies and even entire supply chains. The Opportunity Two areas that…
Young London Future Leader Initiative Report by Armin Forstner From time to time, I stop and reflect on the work we are doing and on the various people we meet and teach in Positive Leadership skills. Most of the time, there is one advocate who believes in the concepts, even though they haven’t yet experienced…
Interview by Declan Noone In this series, we introduce the next generation of positive & mindful leaders who are taking positive action for flourishing work environments. We spoke with Ghita Haloui, Learning & Development Manager at DPD (Belgium). Ghita, tell us more about your background. I was born and grew up in Morocco where I…
