Gravitas Upcoming Events Does this happen to you? You’re sitting in meetings with other senior colleagues who have a lot to say. You wait for a gap to speak and when you make your point, you feel flat, maybe even a little embarrassed, because you’re convinced your argument didn’t resonate. Fast-forward to future you… Those once-overwhelming gazes around the table? They’re met with your unyielding

How to respond to crisis at every turn The chinese word for crisis is Wei Ji 危机 Wei means danger, while Ji means opportunity and in the ancient chinese philosophy, danger and opportunity live side by side. It pays to hold true to that philosophy to find the strength to move forward with our own crisis. Sometimes it’s hard to see. I just got off

How to remember a presentation Who remembers Edward de Bono’s ‘Six Thinking Hats’? I was speaking to a younger client today (OK everyone is younger) and when I mentioned to him, he interjected “Who’s he?” and I nearly fell over. (If you think that’s odd, I mentioned Gough Whitlam one day in a presentation and was greeted with blank faces. Which leads me to the