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Prioritization Gridlock: Finding Your Way Out

  • by Joyce Harkness: Inspiring Leaders
  • Posted on April 25, 2016
  • Ideas in Action
Prioritising Strategic Initiatives

How do we prioritize when priorities collide? Which comes first, then next? How can we navigate competing priorities? Prioritizing the strategic initiatives of the business capability roadmap is a key step before we can start executing strategy at […]

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When My Knees Hit The Ground

  • by Joyce Harkness: Inspiring Leaders
  • Posted on August 31, 2015September 6, 2015
  • Journeys and Choices
When my knees hit the ground

“What fortune lies beyond the stars Those dazzling heights too vast to climb I got so high to fall so far But I found heaven as love swept low” * I watched the throng of […]

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n x Failure = Success (Fail Fast, Recover Quickly, Learn Well)

  • by Joyce Harkness: Inspiring Leaders
  • Posted on July 30, 2015March 4, 2018
  • Ideas in Action
Failure is a natural ingredient of innovation and success.

A long, long time ago, I thought I was invincible. A typical teenager! Do you know someone like this? I was eighteen years old and on my third year as a chemical engineering student in […]

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At The Speed Of Business: Strategy To Execution Via Business Architecture

  • by Joyce Harkness: Inspiring Leaders
  • Posted on June 1, 2015November 20, 2016
  • Ideas in Action
Strategy, Business Architecture & Implementations

New processes and systems are in place. But it is still difficult to get a key business report! The Chief Customer Officer is waiting for one and is becoming impatient. It looks like the whole business […]

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A Women’s Weekend Retreat and Thoughts on Feminism (Our Differences, What Unites Us)

  • by Joyce Harkness: Inspiring Leaders
  • Posted on May 26, 2015
  • Future Talk
New Feminism and What Unites Us

Once a year, a group of women come together to share a weekend retreat at a seaside location in the middle of winter. Why winter? Less crowds, close to Mother’s Day, perhaps. I don’t really […]

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Time to Breathe (Being Quiet and Still)

  • by Joyce Harkness: Inspiring Leaders
  • Posted on April 29, 2015April 30, 2015
  • Ideas in Action
When facing trouble, find time to be quiet and still

A few weeks ago, I temporarily parked my blogger’s ‘pen’ to take the time to breathe, to renew and refresh my spirit. Now I’m back! I would like to share with you what happened, why […]

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All Things New (We Get Sharper With Age)

  • by Joyce Harkness: Inspiring Leaders
  • Posted on April 7, 2015April 12, 2015
  • Ideas in Action
Life gets better everyday when the mind and spirit are renewed

“How do you stay so positive in the middle of all these #*^&* Joyce?” said James* who sat across from me. It baffles my colleagues when I turn up each morning and greet them with a cheerful […]

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Beautiful, Beautiful Philippines (May Peace Be Yours in Abundance)

  • by Joyce Harkness: Inspiring Leaders
  • Posted on March 17, 2015March 18, 2015
  • Future Talk
Unity in prayer for peace

The slaughter of the Philippines National Police – Special Action Force personnel #fallen44 in #Mamasapano have troubled me deeply. Where is peace? What is the price of freedom from the clutches of terror, greed and corruption, ineptitude […]

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Making New Memories (Broken Vessels)

  • by Joyce Harkness: Inspiring Leaders
  • Posted on March 6, 2015October 11, 2017
  • Ideas in Action
Broken Not Forsaken

“All these pieces Broken and scattered In mercy gathered Mended and whole … Amazing grace!” It was the end of winter, but the house and yard still looked bleak from the street. It was empty, […]

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Crucible Moment

  • by Joyce Harkness: Inspiring Leaders
  • Posted on January 26, 2015January 28, 2015
  • Journeys and Choices

“Tell me of the time you experienced a crisis and how did you handle it?” Phil, the interviewer, asked me. “Do I tell you of the worst personal crisis I ever faced or do I just mention one of many I […]

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Welcoming 2015 (Readers Across 90 Countries)

  • by Joyce Harkness: Inspiring Leaders
  • Posted on January 11, 2015
  • Future Talk

90 Countries! In early July 2014, I opened my blog to the public, the big wide world. Six months later, my readership has spread across 90 countries, simply because people shared the posts with their social circles. The […]

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Soar Like The Eagle … It’s A Brand New Year!

  • by Joyce Harkness: Inspiring Leaders
  • Posted on January 8, 2015May 1, 2015
  • Journeys and Choices

“Our dream was to demonstrate that you could run a business in India without corruption and create wealth, legally and ethically.” ~ Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys Technologies, as quoted by Bill George in ‘True North’ “One of […]

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