Moving Performance Blog
A busy week at Learning Technologies 2012
My colleague Jamie Treadwell and I had a great week last week speaking at the Learning Technologies conference in London. We shared why it is important to recognise the emotional in learning interventions, and how to use metaphor to spark creativity in learning and change programmes. Of course we had to do this practically and…
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Music can be a powerful training tool
Check this article out in the Training Journal.
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3 Characteristics of Star Performers
Have you ever considered that your star performers in your business (e.g. your top sales people, your rain-makers, traders, top-talent, etc) are a bit like the concerto soloist in an orchestra? I had the privilege of accompanying the exceptional violinist, Giovanni Guzzo, in a performance of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto at St John’s, Smith Square, London recently.…
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Staying true to your values
At last night’s Brit Awards, the British band Mumford and Sons pick up the big prize of the night: Mastercard’s Album of the Year for their debut album Sigh No More. The show was staged at London’s O2 Arena, with about 25,000 people watching live and 4 million on TV. It started by an extravagant…
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Who will you be in 2011?
My 7 yr old son has started a new school this term. And naturally he was a little apprehensive before term started – not knowing anyone, not sure where he would fit in, getting used to the new routines etc. A few days after he started we chatted to a 12 year old family friend…
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Happy Christmas
We hope you enjoy our Christmas song Heavenly Peace. The words are old, the music is new. If you’re looking for a new take on engaging your poeple in 2011 we would love to talk! With best wishes for a Happy Christmas and prosperous 2011, from the Moving Performance team. Heavenly Peace, written and performed by…
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Orchestrating success
The symphony orchetsra as a metaphor for a corporation / organisation is much written about and commented on. I came across an article written on how “orchestrating success” in an orchestra is a useful metaphor for orchestrating success in the project management world. Written by “The Risk Doctor“, Dr David Hillson, who is a widely…
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Do you see joy in your leader’s face?
This summer there was only one concert I really wanted to go to. Mahler’s 1st Symphony performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle. My Dad and I queued for 5 hours at the BBC Proms to get in for £5 each – bargain. It was the most popular concert after the Last…
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The use of music in corporate learning programmes
How many training courses have you been on in your career? As a graduate I went on about 6 five-day residential courses in my first year, and since then on average about 2 per year. I have probably been on about 30 – 40 courses in total in my career to date. Only two were…
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