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It is happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust Samuel Johnson in The Rambler (1750) I went to a very interesting lecture recently by Prof. Madan Pillutla of the London Business School; he invited the class to consider the situation as set...
March 16
Sean Murphy and Brian Milnes are now friends
March 10
You know, Sean, I always felt embarrassed to a) admit that I understood what (heinous, shallow individual that he is) Rumsfeld said, and meant b) and to think that he was right. In business, especially startup and small business, it's the things t...
March 10
Discussing all aspects of social media: Delicious, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Facebook, YouTube, Technorati, Ning, MySpace, SocialMedian, LinkedIn, ecademy, Xing, Plaxo ...and more!
March 2
Sean Murphy added a blog post
Rummy Was Right We all remember first hearing the then Secretary Of State for Defence Donald Rumsfeld proclaim ‘There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there ar...
March 1
Waclaw Well done to her and for answering the Sun's pub quiz. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article2262112.ece Whatever next! Sean Murphy
February 24
Hi Sean, Yes we know all this and see and hear this scenario every single day. They will never change , only the electorate can effect change ultimately. Point is where / when will the swell of mind movement start a current to turn the tide. The p...
February 22
Sean Murphy added a blog post
Never Apologise Never Explain Last week we had a couple of contrasts. Four Masters of the Universe competed with each other in abject grovelling and Gordon Brown pursuing his ‘Leith Laundry List’ style of argument interspersed with continuing cla...
February 16

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Initiatives I am involved in
Performance mangement , Coaching, Facilitation, Building Teams
My day job
Chairman, Cambridge Management Development
My interests / What makes me get out of bed in the morning
Anything new and innovative in management thinking,hitting a better top spun backhand
My Website
http://www.cambridge-md.co.uk

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TRUST It is happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust

It is happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust
Samuel Johnson in The Rambler (1750)
I went to a very interesting lecture recently by Prof. Madan Pillutla of the London Business School; he invited the class to consider the situation as set out below.
A game with two players
Initiator starts off with a sum of money, say £100. They can send some or all of it to the responder.
Any money that is sent will be tripled on its way to them. E.g., if the initiator sends them £1, the responder w
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Posted on March 16, 2009 at 12:19pm —

Sean Murphy

Rummy Was Right

Rummy Was Right
We all remember first hearing the then Secretary Of State for Defence Donald Rumsfeld proclaim ‘There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But then there are also unknown unknowns. These are things that we do not know we don’t know’
Rummy was widely ridiculed and lampooned for a while. There was a great sport collecting his sayings and ranking them… Continue

Posted on March 1, 2009 at 8:35pm — 1 Comment

Sean Murphy

Never Apologise Never Explain

Never Apologise Never Explain

Last week we had a couple of contrasts. Four Masters of the Universe competed with each other in abject grovelling and Gordon Brown pursuing his ‘Leith Laundry List’ style of argument interspersed with continuing claims of messianic abilities.
You could argue that the former Masters of the Universe had no option with the tumbrils rolling to the door of the Thatcher room and the assembled gawkers taking up knitting. This was a ritual in which everyone knew th… Continue

Posted on February 16, 2009 at 8:15pm — 1 Comment

Sean Murphy

Feedback-a Rolls Royce solution?

Feedback-a Rolls Royce solution?

Conventional wisdom says feedback is key to development of managerial talent and performance. If we’re lucky at some stage in our careers we’ve had an excellent boss or colleague who has really helped us move forward with timely, accurate and practical feedback.
Rypple (see below) offers a novel way of collecting feedback from a trusted network of key peers, mentors and managers. Through accurately framed short questions (e.g.) what do you think of how I chaired… Continue

Posted on January 26, 2009 at 11:49am —

Sean Murphy

ROOM AT THE TOP?

In The Tent Or Out
So Barack has appointed Hillary (and Bill) as Secretary Of State. This has prompted much fury amongst some of his supporters who had hoped for a clean break and genuine change, as promised, by Barack on the stump.
It prompted thoughts and questions about whether former rivals for the top job in a country or a company can ever work successfully together.
Mrs Thatcher dealt decisively and contemptuously for a time with her rivals, in dismissing them as ' wets '. It came back to… Continue

Posted on January 7, 2009 at 6:46pm — 5 Comments

 
 

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