by Coralie Sawruk | Oct 10, 2017 | Home page, Think Smarter
I read a fascinating story the other day. A US AI model, initially designed to assist judges, developed a tendency to treat black offenders unfairly. The machine did its job; modelling the behaviour of past judges. But there’s something no one saw coming. The model...
by Coralie Sawruk | Oct 3, 2017 | Build Positive Relations, Emotional Intelligence, Home page
We forget the importance of saying “thank you”. Yet, it’s one of the first few things we learn as kids. This was last month. I attended the annual Achievers conference ACE 2017 in New Orleans, and these words came from the General Motors VP for North...
by Coralie Sawruk | Sep 19, 2017 | Home page, Leadership
Every morning, my content aggregator delivers 100+ posts about leadership, thinking patterns and team development. I rarely read more than 10. Because only a few explore the reality of work and leadership in the digital age. Unless you’ve lived in a cave for the past...
by Coralie Sawruk | Sep 5, 2017 | Home page, Team Leading
The way we interpret what’s going on at work fascinates me. The other day, I went for coffee with an ex-colleague. We used to work on the same project, but in different teams. As we reflected on “the old days”, the conversation went: “That was fun”, I said. “Are you...
by Coralie Sawruk | Aug 22, 2017 | Home page, Think Smarter
There’s a simple, free (most of the time) way to get close to innovative thinking. Attend a start-up pitch battle. You’d be amazed by the crazy ideas people come up with. And with one minute to pitch, it teaches you a lot about message simplification. I attended a...
by Coralie Sawruk | Jul 25, 2017 | Home page, Insights & Book Reviews
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Thanks to the endless amount of information available to us, we humans continuously increase our capabilities. But we’re overloaded by information and thoughts too. This is known to stress the brain, and even affect...
by Coralie Sawruk | Jul 11, 2017 | Emotional Intelligence, Home page
Life in the 21st century is fast-paced. Exciting for some, busy and stressful for many. But, surprisingly, when you ask around if people are stressed at work, most claim they’re just “a bit stressed” from time to time. If many are “just a bit stressed”, 48% of...
by Coralie Sawruk | Jun 27, 2017 | Emotional Intelligence, Home page, Leadership
Every day, I ask people around me (family, friends, business partners…) “how’s life”? Most of them tell me “busy” (probably because they don’t want to say “stressful”). Stress puts you in heightened emotional state. This damages your health, and impacts the way you...
by Coralie Sawruk | Jun 13, 2017 | Emotional Intelligence, Home page, Think Smarter
More than 70% of employees report being unhappy at work. Are you one of them? Is life at work “just OK”? Do you feel that, more days than not, you need to drag yourself out of bed? Being happy at work is a challenge for both employees and the companies they work for....
by Coralie Sawruk | May 30, 2017 | Build Positive Relations, Communication, Home page
In the first part of the series, What You Must Know To Connect With Senior Leaders, we explored how to reach out to your most senior influencers and network like a boss. In this second part, we are going to explore the conversation points you need to master to build...
