by michelleloch | Aug 30, 2014 | Articles, Uncategorized
When you feel good, can focus easily and find learning and memorising easy, you are most probably experiencing a dopamine hit. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, that is, it has a role in controlling communication in your brain. It can tell a neuron whether to fire off a...
by michelleloch | Aug 22, 2014 | Articles, Uncategorized
I attended a workshop last week on storytelling (which I would highly recommend by the way – Yamini Naidu). My good friend and colleague, Jennie Hill, told a wonderful story that I have her permission to share. “When I was 23 (this was 1986), I was...
by michelleloch | Aug 12, 2014 | Articles, Uncategorized
I read a post from my friend Peter Cook last week (Peter Cook blog). He was highlighting a recent conversation he had when offering his new program to a prospective client. The prospect challenged that Peter would have to ‘sell’ the idea to him. Pete...
by michelleloch | Jul 29, 2014 | Articles, Uncategorized
In my last post, I pondered whether we, as leaders, are taking notice of the shift that is occurring economically from a mass economy (high structure, low need for trust) to a sharing or peer-to-peer economy (high trust, low structure). Click here to refresh your...
by michelleloch | Jul 24, 2014 | Articles, Uncategorized
Back on the nutrition front, I listened to a podcast yesterday that made the claim that Diet Coke contains chemicals that kill brain cells. So I checked it out….and here’s what I found. Whilst being calorie free, the sugar substitutes in diet sodas play a...
by michelleloch | Jul 15, 2014 | Articles, Uncategorized
I read a really interesting article this week about the emergence of the sharing economy – also referred to as the peer-to-peer economy. Three historical economies Essentially we have progressed as a society through three major phases of economy… 1. The...
