Charles Leon
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The Long and the Short of It!
Time and Decision-Making. Whilst watching our politicians attempting to deal with Covid-19, Brexit, climate change, Black Lives Matter, and balancing the economy with the health and welfare of the nation, I can see why they flip flop and U-turn so regularly. They are uncertain about the outcomes and want to do what they think the public wants to hear.
By Charles Leon4 years ago in The Swamp
The Flywheel Concept
Amazon is one of my favourite companies. You see something online, order it with one click, and next day a package arrives! Christmas every day! The perfect customer experience; solves the problem quickly, delivers the solution, emotionally satisfying!
By Charles Leon4 years ago in Journal
Why Stories Matter!
After Austin Kleon – Show your work. Imagine you are looking at two identical paintings on the white walls of a small gallery. They are both classical, both beautifully executed and both with strong narrative content. Even their frames are identical. You could imagine the painting hanging in your home in pride of place in your lounge. You approach each painting individually and inspect and compare them carefully observing the technique, the materials, and the quality. You can’t see any difference between them and there is no signature on either. A pair of classical masterpieces, identical in every detail.
By Charles Leon4 years ago in Journal
The Four Ways of Leading
FROM THE 15 COMMITMENTS OF CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP. (DETHMER, CHAPMAN, WARNER KEMP) When we think about consciousness and unconsciousness we normally think of states of engagement with the world. Consciousness referred to as “the hard problem” in philosophy is defined as our ability to have a sense of self and engage with the world. Unconsciousness is the lack of engagement and responsiveness to other people and the environment. When people are unconscious they lose their awareness of what is happening around them.
By Charles Leon4 years ago in Motivation
The Lotus Blossom Technique
After Michael Michalko - Thinkertoys Once upon a time there was a frog who lived at the bottom of a deep well. He could hop from mud pad to mud pad and swim around to his hearts content. One day the frog poked his head out of the top of the well and boasted to a passing turtle of his free movement in the well and how much better off he was than all the shrimps and tadpoles who lived around him. The frog invited the turtle to come down into his well and see for himself.
By Charles Leon4 years ago in Motivation
Fractionating Attributes.
CREATIVE THINKING TECHNIQUES. NO.1 FRACTIONATION. After Michael Michalko It’s often the case that the solution to a problem lies within the problem itself. By pulling apart and dissecting the problem we can see its component parts and, sometimes, reassemble them into a new configuration.
By Charles Leon4 years ago in Journal
The Six Socratic Questions
One of the most enduring and influential methods of critical thinking and analysis, even today, was developed nearly 2500 years ago, by someone who made no writing of his own and was sentenced to death for his relentless questioning. Socrates, a Greek philosopher who lived in Athens from 470-399 BC, is arguably the most famour thinker of all time.
By Charles Leon4 years ago in Longevity
Scarcity
NO. 6 SCARCITY Extracted from: Robert Cialdini – Influence. 6 Weapons of Influence. Why is it that when something we want or need is difficult to obtain our desire to possess it increases? This is the strange phenomenon of scarcity, a powerful weapon of influence, often used by advertisers, salespeople, and compliance professionals in order to focus our attention and our behavior. We have a natural bias for valuing things more simply because they are less available or represent a potentially lost opportunity.
By Charles Leon4 years ago in Longevity
Authority.
NO. 5 AUTHORITY Extracted from: Robert Cialdini – Influence. 6 Weapons of Influence. In July 1961 Stanley Milgram, a psychologist at Yale University, began conducting an experiment focusing on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience.
By Charles Leon4 years ago in Longevity