Later this month, I will be working with Caterpillar Inc in Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa.

As part of the preparation for this trip, I’ve had to review all my slides, materials and the stories and anecdotes that I tell.

Last week I was in the Blue Mountains working with a client from the tech industry. The client had rented a small conference venue complete with open fires, communal living areas and basketball courts. It was a great place to shift behaviours.

Humans have a tendency to have a grandiose opinion of themselves. We like to think that we are better than the rest.

There is an old saying that you are the average of the 5 people you hang out with. We are social creatures and we take on the social norms of the group of people we hang around.