October Articles 2011

The Articulate CEO

A CEO Who Is Anything But Grounded

On the 29th of October, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce announced that he was grounding all the aircraft in his airline in a bid to bring a protracted dispute with numerous unions representing Qantas workers to a head.

The dispute had resulted in ongoing industrial action that was costing the airline millions of dollars a day and despite so-called ongoing negotiations neither party seemed capable of moving towards a resolution.

So the day after the AGM the shock announcement is made that the airline has effectively shut up shop and left some 60,000 passengers around the world stranded.

The Myers Briggs Type Indicator – What Is It?

Based on Jungian psychology, the Myers-Briggs test is used all over the world, and is the single most popular psychometric system in the world. But is it a valid psychological tool or is it just another example of communication pseudoscience? This two-part blog will firstly examine exactly what this popular test is and, secondly, whether or not it actually works.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, called MBTI for short, is a direct result of the work of the Swiss analytical psychologist Carl Jung. In 1921, Jung published his book Psychological Types, in which he laid out all of the concepts found in the MBTI, but he had them organized quite differently.

The Three Little Pigs in a World Gone Mad!

Remember the childhood story “The Three Little Pigs”? A classic tale complete with animals, action, and some life lessons about not taking the easiest route that, despite variations over the years, has always retained its core story. At least it had up until now.

Apparently a new version of the story is now appearing in US classrooms. In this new version, the wolf has a sudden heart attack while trying to blow down the third little pig’s adobe house.

Steve Jobs – So Close and Yet So Far

Most of the copy written about Steve Jobs since his death has been extremely positive with many hailing him as one of the world’s great communicators but much of this commentary is hubris and more an acknowledgement of his undoubted success than a realistic appraisal of his legacy as a communicator.

Poor Communication – Symptom or Disease?

Poor communication seems to come up an awful lot these days when people are discussing workplace issues or analysing the reasons behind various disasters. But is it really the culprit, or has some underlying problem caused the communication breakdown?

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