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EMOTIONAL ENERGY, CREATIVE THINKING AND AI

by Janet Sernack|07 August 202408 August 2024|Coaching blog, Innovation consulting blog

The impact of disruption, hyperconnectivity, and uncertainty, coupled with the pace of change, causes many people to feel fearful and anxious. This results in them becoming defensive and reactive and ‘go under’ emotionally and ‘go inwards’ cognitively, often by ruminating...

DEVELOPING YOUR PAUSE-POWER

by Janet Sernack|07 July 202415 July 2024|Coaching blog, Education blog

Many of my coaching clients have recently shared their struggles with feeling tired, emotionally overwhelmed, and cognitively overloaded and are close to burnout. They attribute these issues to the pervasive and addictive nature of technology, exacerbated by the pandemic and...

DELIVERING SUCCESSFUL TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE INITIATIVES

by Janet Sernack|05 February 202406 February 2024|Coaching blog, Culture blog, Education blog, Leadership blog

Transformation and change initiatives are usually designed as strategic interventions, intending to advance an organisation's growth, deliver increased shareholder value, build competitive advantage, or improve its speed and agility to respond to fast-changing industries, in a disruptive business environment. These...

WHY ARE SUCCESSFUL INNOVATORS CURIOUS LIKE CATS?

by Janet Sernack|11 September 202311 September 2023|Coaching blog, Education blog, Entrepreneurship blog

In last month’s blog, we shared how consciousness, imagination, and curiosity are the fundamental precursors to creativity, invention, and innovation. Where consciousness encapsulates our states and qualities of mind, our capacity for imagination and curiosity are the necessary states of...

IS IMAGINATION REALLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE?

by Janet Sernack|27 July 202301 August 2023|Coaching blog, Culture blog, Leadership blog

Is imagination really more important than knowledge? How does imagination link to catalysing collective innovation and unleashing corporate vitality? When I did my research, I discovered that the answer is actually paradoxical! Albert Einstein famously said "Imagination is more important...

THINKING ABOUT WELL-BEING, RESILIENCE AND CREATIVITY DIFFERENTLY

by Janet Sernack|29 March 202303 April 2023|Coaching blog, Education blog

In our previous two blogs, we outlined the need, in our chaotic world of unknowns, to reclaim our focus and attention and take charge of our own minds. By reclaiming these, and enhancing self-awareness we have a deeper understanding of...

BEING IN CHARGE OF OUR MINDS AND ATTENTION

by Janet Sernack|08 March 202308 March 2023|Coaching blog, Leadership blog

In our February blog, we explored how our focus and attention have been stolen, and how our ability to pay attention is collapsing and described why we need to be intentional in reclaiming it. Yet, many of us are constantly...

RECLAIMING OUR FOCUS AND ATTENTION

by Janet Sernack|07 February 202308 March 2023|Coaching blog, Education blog

In 2019 we experienced the shock and the pain that resulted from the globally disruptive global Covid 19 pandemic. To both survive and thrive in the new decade of uncertainty, many people still need help and guidance to connect to,...

RECONNECT AND RESET – TRANSFORM YOUR WORLD

by Janet Sernack|07 September 202207 November 2022|Coaching blog, Education blog

Our August blog, “Reconnect and Reset in a Chaotic World” was the first in our series of three, on the theme of reconnecting and resetting, to create, invent and innovate in an increasingly chaotic world. In this blog, we described...

RECONNECT AND RESET – IN A CHAOTIC WORLD

by Janet Sernack|01 August 202207 November 2022|Coaching blog, Leadership blog

Meeting face to face, for a lovely lunch recently, with a coaching colleague, we were both shocked to discover how stressed and anxious we were feeling about being asked to deliver live workshops and face-to-face coaching to clients once again...

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