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Does AI know your preferences better than your principles?

A few years ago, early in experimenting with AI-assisted writing, I asked a large language model (LLM) to help me […]

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Whose values are guiding your AI – what’s its worldview?

We often hear that AI systems need to be “aligned with human values”. It sounds reassuring, but it hides a […]

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Before you give AI your prompts, give it your values

We spend a remarkable amount of time learning how to prompt AI. There are frameworks, prompt libraries, courses and endless […]

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Everyone’s year resets this September. Does yours?

Every August, I sit down and plan Talent4Performance’s autumn. Which workshops need to go into diaries, which clients are picking […]

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Why That Driver Isn’t an Idiot (and Neither Are You)

I’m late for a client meeting. There was a jam further back and I’ve been making up the time ever […]

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Immunity to Change: Only Old People Go Downstairs Slowly

I developed a habit, without ever deciding to, of going down my own stairs at home as fast as I […]

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When Feedback Becomes a Threat: How to Turn It Into a Challenge

Many years ago, when I was in charge of Learning and Development at the Waldorf Hotel London, I was given […]

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Why Leaders Stop Hearing the Truth

Have you become cocooned from hearing the truth? There is some interesting new research that explains the neuroscience behind increasing […]

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Thinking about thinking

Noticing what you’re thinking, before you act on it, is becoming one of the most valuable skills a leader can […]

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The Gap Between Stimulus and Response

Most of the time you’re not in control of what you say and do. It’s because your emotions are controlling […]

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The Illusion of Training in the Age of AI

The illusion of training is the belief that giving people information will change how they behave. It’s an old problem, […]

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The hidden dangers of knowing best: Is ‘Captainitis’ getting the better of you?

No one really likes to be challenged. Sometimes though, it can be much worse to be surrounded by people who […]

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