The Colour Works Blog

category, People & Change

TED Talk: Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days

20 February 2018

A short talk but a lovely one. Matt Cutts, a Google engineer, explores his experience of giving new...

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Leadership, category

Quickread: Goal-setting - how to get things done (through the colours)

20 February 2018

In its simplest form, goal-setting is the process of working out what you want and creating a plan...

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Workplace Culture, Mental Wellbeing

Quickread: Employee Wellness

19 January 2018

Employee happiness and emotional health are never first on the agenda in a planning meeting, but...

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category, People & Change

TED Talk: Matthieu Ricard - The Habits of Happiness

19 January 2018

Biochemist turned buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard explores the concept of happiness - how it's...

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category, People & Change

Quickread: Steps to Appreciating your Opposite - The Difference a Profile Makes

1 November 2017

In today's complex and diverse organisations, it is rare that you will find two people who see the...

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Teamwork, category

'Transform your team in THREE DAYS' - TCW Open Workshop October 2017

1 November 2017

Last month The Colour Works piloted the first in a series of introductory masterclasses. The...

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Leadership, category

TED Talk Quickwatch: Derek Sivers - Weird, or just different?

1 November 2017

Derek Sivers, who also did the brilliant'How to start a movement' , here presents us with the fact...

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Leadership, category

Quickread: 9 Attributes of an Agile Leader

19 September 2017

Leaders can no longer rely on the ways of the past. Command and control belongs to the dinosaurs,...

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category, People & Change

Why is resilience important?

18 July 2017

Actionforhappiness tells us it’s one of the 10 keys to personal happiness, but what exactly is it? ...

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category, Workplace Culture

Why it doesn't end at Discovery

19 June 2017

Why it doesn’t end at Discovery The biggest concern we hear from clients after that eye-opening...

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