Members Simon Quick

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Lasped Architect.

Now thinking about how 90% of what happens in business - presenting, negotiating, managing teams, cultures and conflicts - makes up 10% of what is taught in business schools, and telling others about it! More »

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  • I'm passionate about

    Fairness and honesty

  • An idea worth spreading

    Using yourself as a good example of someone else's culture is poor logic, too often readily applied.

    Getting what you want - in a negotiation - does not always satisfy your reasons for wanting it.

    We shall never learn to negotiate if we only learn deductive and inductive logical forms, - they produce only 'either or neither' reasoning, or 'binary negotiation' - negotiation requires abductive logic, plus an objective test of fairness.

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  • People don't know that I'm good at

    Listening.

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  • A comment on Talk: Rick Warren on a life of purpose

    Nov 16 2009: What if you are "wired for" murder, or sexual abuse or suicide bombing?
    Yet again we are subjected to a talk in which if you remove the references to a god, the bible etc, the facts still stand, proving the uselessness of the premises, i.e. that a god has any impact on the intent.
    See Ms Armstrong for a more realistic world view.
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