One of the simplest but most underrated skills in critical thinking is knowing when to switch on your scepticism. When we hear information that sounds false or misleading, our scepticism kicks into gear and we question what we’re hearing. That way, we can check to see whether this information is credible. The trouble is, our scepticism doesn’t always switch on when it needs to and we can’t have it running all the time; that’s just too tiring and inefficient. What we nee...
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I’ve been teaching Power BI for several years now and I’ve had a variety of different people from different departments come for training. Many of them are the ones you’d expect, Finance, management etc. but, one that surprised me was HR. Initially, I was a little nervous preparing for the course, I just wasn’t sure what HR would need from Power BI. But the more I dug into it the more opportunity I saw. That’s when my nervousness turned into excitement to share th...
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I’ve been teaching Power BI for several years now and I’ve had a variety of different people from different departments come for training. Many of them are the ones you’d expect, Finance, management etc. but, one that surprised me was HR. Initially, I was a little nervous preparing for the course, I just wasn’t sure what HR would need from Power BI. But the more I dug into it the more opportunity I saw. That’s when my nervousness turned into excitement to share th...
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When it comes to leadership, collaboration or just getting along with other humans, we need a whole bunch of skills. Some of those skills relate to ourselves and how we manage our lives and responses to the world around us. The rest are about how we interact with everyone else. These are called Interpersonal Skills. Interpersonal skills are the tools we use to build relationships, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively with others.
Interpersonal skills can be broken down into...
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With Easter around the corner, you might be looking forward to rummaging around in the garden to find some chocolate. But why not simply buy chocolate and eat it? Why the hunt? Perhaps it’s some ancient instinct to gather and forage that we’re fulfilling. Perhaps it’s because we get a dopamine spike whenever a reward is slightly uncertain. Either way, the chocolate just isn’t as delicious when it’s too easy to get. The same is true of any Easter Egg.
What are Eas...
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