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Management Café

Casual conversations about leading a team. With co-hosts Tim Burgess and Pilar Orti. 

Apr 15, 2024

Several times recently in the Management Café our hosts have talked about regrets. Those formative management experiences where they look back and wish they had acted differently. Making mistakes is part of our learning journey but some situations weigh on us more than others. Revisiting them can bring a range of...


Mar 25, 2024

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Let's face it, management has a mixed reputation. It seems like everyone has a story to tell about their manager doing something poorly. But when we break it down, often times it's that we've had a bad experience with a manager. That...


Mar 11, 2024

Tim and Pilar discuss an article featured in the Jan/Feb 2024 edition of the Harvard Business Review: "Leading in the Flow of Work" by Hitendra Wadhwa, Founder of the Mentora Institute.

Hitendra posits that "rather than (being) a trait to be acquired, leadership is a state to be activated" through preparation, self...


Feb 26, 2024

In 2024 Generative AI is still an a rapidly emerging technology. We know it's going to impact lots of jobs and work behaviour. But it's not yet apparent how that impact will be felt.

There is a big difference between ChatGPT helping you with a task (e.g. summarising your notes or drafting a communication) vs using it...


Feb 12, 2024

Following on from coffee #71 about the impact of technology on our leadership practice, Pilar and Tim talk about emoji as a communications tool for managers. Tiny and ubiquitous, it's easy to underestimate their importance.

But when used skilfully, emoji give us a visual language that can provide faster and more...