Communication
If urgency is your main driver, AI will eat you for breakfast
Listen to audio version For years, being fast and responsive has been a career currency. You answer emails within minutes. You turn documents around same da...
Workload negotiation is a good thing
Listen to audio version There is a moment most of us know too well. Your manager drops another "urgent" request on your desk when you are already stretche...
The end of a project
Listen to audio version Wow, that was a big piece of work! My team and I are tired, but so happy with the fact that we delivered a great result on time an...
The two unspoken productivity killers
I was asked to be a guest on the ABC Melbourne radio show The Conversation Hour last week. This was off the back of a video blog done by the ABC finance presenter Al...
Reduce unnecessary CCs by empowering your team
Prefer to listen? Listen to Dermot's audio recording below: I am noticing a recurring behaviour with many people who email me. I’m not sure if I’m noticing ...
Collaborative versus adversarial negotiation
So, here I am, back in Oz after our trip of a lifetime to Italy and Europe. So many highlights, both personal and from a work point of view. One of them was spending...