Models & Paradigms Blog

Why do we have so much difficulty believing in a huggable people person running Human Resources? 

Scott Adams’ Dilbert character Catbert is totally believable as the ‘Evil HR Director’. But why?

Were People people ever huggable?

I first started work when corporations had ‘Personnel Officers’.  I...

Why would a highly educated 27 year old in Sri Lanka say he was fed up with doing work that ‘makes rich people richer’?

You might think we are talking about a stereotypical millennial that changes job frequently, doesn’t practice the subject he studied at college and resents not earning enough mone...

If you could go back in time, what do you wish your 20 year old self knew?

When you’re a professional, engineer or whatever, you think that development is about Professional Development. You are learning new techniques, going on all these professional training programs, all manner of things.

But, ...

Let’s face it: ‘productivity’ is a boring word.

I’m also wondering if it is even the ‘right’ word today.

You mostly hear about it as ‘personal productivity’, which tends to be about time management. You might also see in government reports about ‘Productivity Trends’, where one thing, e.g. output,...