Want to know about the importance of having a sustainable high performance organisation and more importantly, how to build one? Stuart Taylor penned this piece for Inside HR on ‘How to Build a Sustainable High Performance Organisation’ – read it here!
Bounce Back
Foundations of Resilience: how to bounce back when challenged, feeling stressed or overwhelmed, by Dr Sven Hansen
Sleep Basics
Sleep is one of the most important aspects of resilience, getting a good night’s sleep is vital for our mind, body and emotions. Note: This video is available on You Tube but if you can’t get into this site – Click Here and watch a smaller version local copy.
The Real Meal Revolution
Ironically, while completing medicine, Professor Noakes was our professor of sports medicine. He had me and fellow students committed to carbohydrate loading and aggressive fluid replacement. However, Tim has always been a provocative and thorough researcher. Over the past 30 years he has had a profound impact on sports science and advanced our knowledge of
The Rise of Superman
An excellent book. Our team has loved this one. Kotler grabs the idea of flow and shakes out the cobwebs of an old idea with compelling examples and science. This is a read for those passionate about the greatness that humans can achieve when we align and focus our talent and skill, to the right
Search Inside Yourself
A great, simple and innovative guide to engaging with Emotional Intelligence. Meng, an engineer at Google, brings a practical and logical framework to content that is complex and esoteric for many. He manages to avoid psychobabble and provides some good scientific support along with heaps of practical skills that you can get started with
Bold
One one hand, Bold could be dismissed as manic tech-bubble hyperbole. On the other, it is the single most thorough, well-researched, and current guide to building a good business I have read in 10 years (the last great being Blue Ocean Strategy). If you want to understand the foundations, strategy, tools and sequencing of entrepreneurship
Altruism
Ricard is a French biologist who trained as a Buddhist monk and now bridges the worlds of contemplative practice and neurobiology. He is famous as the monk in the brain scanner but is an exceptional intellect and gentle man who I had the pleasure of spending three days with last year. Altruism is a very
Flow Expertise at Work
In the recent Cricket World Cup, Grant Elliot hit a six and took New Zealand to the final. When asked what was in his mind when he hit the ball, without hesitation he said: “NOTHING.” On the brink of loss, he finds FLOW and transforms the hopes of a nation. Flow is a biological state