Three minutes to midnight: Who do you say no to?
A series of columns on our role in tackling the complicated economic, environmental and social challenges we face. It is a place to question, offer, share, explore, challenge, dissent, celebrate, reflect, learn and enjoy
attention coaches:
Who do you say no to?
This question was posed to us over a cup of tea by Matthew Taylor, CEO of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, a veritable hotbed of thinkers and doers. “The thing is”, he said, “I’ve yet to meet a coach who thinks they can’t coach me.”
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