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Who-packs-your-parachutes
Who Packs your Parachutes?
Captain Charles Plumb, a veteran in the Vietnam War, was having dinner with his wife at a restaurant....
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What-we-can-learn-from-Bruce-Springsteen
What we can learn from Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen is well known for his energetic live performances. At one of his tours where they were...
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We-have-always-done-it-this-way
We have always done it this way
A gentleman went to dinner at his future mother-in-law’s house. While she was preparing dinner,...
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Carts and Riots
The Unusual Relationship Between Food Carts and Riots
During the second Iraq War, American generals were placed in different towns in Iraq to maintain law...
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The-Styrofoam-Cup
The Styrofoam and Ceremic Cup, Which one is truly meant for us?
This story is often shared by Simon Sinek, an English-born American author and inspirational speaker...
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The-Power-of-Tiny-Gains
The Power of Tiny gains
This story highlights the power or incremental improvements. James Clear covers this concept extensively...
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The obvious is not always the answer
The obvious is not always the answer
During World War 2, several planes came back from battle with bullet holes, while equally as many planes...
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The-Importance-of-Setting-Objectives
The importance of setting objectives
A college professor tasked a group of students to investigate and improve the jury deliberation process. The...
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The-5$-Stanford-experiment
The 5$ Stanford experiment
In 2005, Tina Seelig, an author, entrepreneur, and professor at Stanford University conducted an experiment....
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Linux-Software-and-Gold-Mines
Linux Software and Gold Mines, what is the connection?
In the 2000, Goldcorp, a Canadian gold mining company, encountered a problem when their main mine in...
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Justification-Matters
Justification Matters: Start with Why
In 1970, Professor Elaine Langer, better known as the mother of mindfulness, conducted an experiment...
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Gloves
Gloves and Communication: How we communicate matters
John Stagner was a procurement executive in a company called John Deere; they manufactured farm, construction,...
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Three-Feet-Away-From-Gold
Are you three feet away from gold?
R.U. Darby heard about the Gold Rush in Colorado. He assembled a small team and decided to try his luck....
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Adapting-to-Change
Adapting to change: It is imperative that we do!
In 1996 a group of hikers set off to climb Mount Everest. They had the correct equipment, were well trained...
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Security and Security Culture
The Intersection of User-Centric Security and Security Culture
I recently found myself at a fork in the road. On the right, there was a path designed by architects...
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The Relationship Between a 10-Inch Hole, Koi Fish, and the Cyber Skills Shortage
As any koi keeper will know, they are water keepers first and fish keepers second. The condition of the...
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Whitescreen
How would a White Screen change the way you hire security professionals?
In the summer of 1980, Abby Conant, a trombone player, applied to 11 open positions across orchestras...
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Christmas Image
Defining a Cybersecurity Strategy: How you start matters!
Tis the season to be merry, but also the season to be planning for next year. I was reminded of the song...
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Human Centric Approach
Human Centricity: A Cybersecurity Non-Negotiable
Adopting a Human-centred approach It was the year 2007, and a designer at General Electric, Doug Deeds,...
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The great disconnect between business and cybersecurity.
In April this year, I attended an ecommerce conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference was...
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Awareness to Careness
Moving from Cybersecurity Awareness to Cybersecurity Careness
Given that human error is still responsible for more than 90% of security breaches, can we agree at this...
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