The Shadow Talent System: A Hidden Force Influencing Talent Development
"The shadow banking system filled a gap in the financial intermediation process that the traditional banking system couldn't fully address." - Paul McCulley I was a [...]
The Confidence Trap of the Dunning-Kruger Effect
Ever noticed how the loudest voice in the room often gets ahead, even if it’s not the most capable one? Meanwhile, true experts stay quiet, doubting [...]
Sustainable Organizational Advantage, RBV and Career Capital
Sustainable Organizational Advantage: why certain firms outshine their competitors in the same industry? A Look at RBV and Career Capital I was recently reading "Chasing Stars: [...]
Lessons From The Masters Golf 2024
Lessons From The Masters Golf 2024: Teeing Up Career Capital Strategies The Masters golf Tournament is one of the four major championships in professional golf, held annually at the Augusta National Golf Club in [...]
Sunk Cost Fallacy in Careers
Sunk Cost Fallacy in Careers Know when to hold them, know when to fold them! I recently watched an interview with poker player Anne Duke speaking [...]
How to escape Experience Trap in workplace?
How can we escape the "experience trap" in the workplace? How to promote the culture of ongoing adaptability and learning. One of the common plagues that we face in the workplace learning is the concept [...]
Navigating Career Fog: Lessons from Florence Chadwick’s Swim
Navigating Career Fog: Lessons from Florence Chadwick's Swim On July 4, 1952, Florence Chadwick attempted to swim 33 kilometers between Catalina Island and the California coastline. After 15 hours and 55 minutes and with only a half a kilometer to go, she felt that she couldn't [...]
Formula of success: performance is not everything!
On a recent flight, I caught an interesting documentary: the Science of Success, a fantastic look at how we can predict the likelihood of success. I picked up a book from a professor highlighted in [...]
Organizational Network Analysis: The SQUARE and the TOWER
The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power Organizational Network Analysis through the lens of historical events Have you ever wondered how power and influence are distributed among a group [...]
Default Mindset – Part II : Developing Impactful Training to Motivate the Elephant
Developing Impactful Training to Motivate the Elephant “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” Carl Jung, the famed Swiss psychiatrist. Earlier we discussed how [...]
