The essential value chain – when productive conversations are the source of wealth-creation – is a chain of intangibles: from intelligence to knowledge and wisdom. The Knowledge of Enterprise Knowledge we can think of as contextualized information that moves to action. Peter Drucker said “Knowledge is information that changes something or somebody – either by [...]
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The Wisdom Value Chain – Mike Bell and George Pòr
Posted in Organisations, Uncategorized, Wisdom on 04/12/2010 | 1 Comment »
Is Wisdom the First Priority in Your Life?
Posted in Organisations, Wisdom on 04/12/2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Imagine a world, company or life committed to nourishing every glimmer of wisdom from the cradle to the grave. How would a world whose first priority was seeking and manifesting wisdom feel? “Can you see how wisdom would flourish into genius with waves of innovations that naturally lead to abundance and wealth beyond our imagination [...]
The world’s worst boss – by Seth Godin
Posted in Beliefs, Effective, Organisations on 04/12/2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Even if you’re not self-employed, your boss is you. You manage your career, your day, your responses. You manage how you sell your services and your education and the way you talk to yourself. “Odds are, you’re doing it poorly. “If you had a manager that talked to you the way you talked to you, [...]
Office plants improve health
Posted in Nature, Nurturing, Organisations, Wellbeing at Work on 15/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
As office manager of the Queensland Hotels Association, Wendy Collett knows the value of having foliage in the workplace. “We are in a concrete jungle, you need living things around you,” she says. “It gives you fresh air, it makes it look like somebody actually lives here and they care. “We would rather see our [...]
The predictive role of positive job experiences in Psychological Well-being
Posted in Organisations, Research, Wellbeing at Work on 13/04/2010 | Leave a Comment »
The positive occupational psychology which focuses on what makes people flourish rather than deficits, on the benefits of positive emotions and resilience in health instead of evaluating only the presence of negative experiences, may lead to an holistic understanding of wellbeing underlying personal, organizational and societal benefits. Subjective wellbeing refers to peoples evaluation of their [...]
Wellbeing at work
Posted in Organisations, Wellbeing at Work on 11/04/2010 | Leave a Comment »
A New Strategy for Sustainable Growth Successful organizations are discovering a new strategy for gaining an emotional, financial, and competitive advantage: employee wellbeing. That’s because employee wellbeing has a direct and significant impact on the bottom line. Whether you manage a few people, lead a large group, or run an entire organization, you are already [...]
How can employers cultivate wellbeing at work
Posted in Organisations, Wellbeing at Work on 27/02/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Following on from the aftershock effects of the recent recession, wellbeing and the workplace has come under the media spotlight. But what exactly is wellbeing and how can employers and employees develop it within organisational environments? via Wellbeing in the workplace – how can employers cultivate wellbeing at work?.
Are bosses interested enough in employee wellbeing? | Chartered Management Institute
Posted in Organisations, Wellbeing at Work on 24/02/2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Employee wellbeing seems front and centre of many bosses minds at the moment and a couple of new studies reinforce the importance of keeping a happy workforce if you want to achieve great things. “The first was by Shine Feedback, who polled 5,000 employees with as many as 70% of those surveyed believing that senior [...]
2010: A bright year for well-being
Posted in Organisations, Research on 13/01/2010 | Leave a Comment »
2010 looks set to be a key year for well-being. Just over ten years ago, whilst well-being made sense in the scientific community, it was still almost unheard of amongst policy-makers. Since then, however, we’ve had policy documents recognising the importance of well-being from many departments from Defra to the Treasury. The end of 2009 [...]
Businesses, get your staff walking to work
Posted in Nurturing, Organisations on 11/01/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Getting to the sole of your organisation According to BITC’s 2009 report, ‘Healthy People = Healthy Profit’, “a growing number of UK employers have recognised employee health and wellbeing as a strategic priority, particularly during the challenging economic times”. You can get ahead now by working with Living Streets. via Green Streets Initiative West Bridgford: [...]
