Posts by Marcus de Courtenay

Is Gamification Really the Future of Learning Design?

Life-Centre Design in Learning Designing learning technologies poses a number of unique challenges. No only do we need to get the learning approach right, but we also need to optimise the technology.These systems are required to take everything we’ve come...

Making leadership development stick

“The true art of memory is the art of attention.” Samuel Johnson  Time, time, time. The number one enemy for leaders everywhere. Once we’ve factored in core work, team development, strategic planning, broadening networks and influence (and the list goes...

The Power of Curiosity: Keeping Things Interesting in the (Hybrid) Workplace

“Because a stimulated intellect is a sine qua non to carry out challenging tasks, managers must consider establishing the right conditions in the workplace that encourage and foster vigorous social exchanges among the employees in their pursuits of intellectual curiosity.” ...

How does your organisation promote collaborative relationships? 

Contrary to what some believe, collaboration is not just an activity we do. In organisations, collaboration means a number of dimensions aligning in a productive and valuable way. Specifically, we like to talk about three elements to collaboration:  When we...

What is Collaboration?

Leadership Primer: What is Collaboration? Companies that prioritise collaboration are five times more likely to have a considerable increase in employment, and twice as likely to be profitable and outgrow their competitors. Read or listen to our leadership primer, which...

Change Environments: Immunity to Change and New Years Resolutions

Did you know that up to 50% of New Years Resolutions fail? Change is hard. And yet our lives are filled with change. Even if we try our best to keep things the same, the inevitable march of aging, relationship...