Oppositional thoughts…Amusing thoughts against simplicities in careers and...
The Factory Oppositional Thoughts...I was advised to demonstrate a good fit to get the job. So I had a hissy fit at the recruiter. Oddly it didn't work The FactoryThe Factory - Career Development Blog...
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Carole King Tapestry – Albums that speak volumes about careers and life
The Factory Carole King Tapestry – Albums that speak volumes about careers and life. I am always out of step. I was a huge Elton John Fan, just when his career dipped in the early 1980s and David...
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Career development better than sex or an alternative?
The Factory Career development has a yearly low point about June, but the good news is we are on an upward curve, until about September. After that, if you are a Career Development professional or...
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The 3 Rs of Creativity and Careers
The Factory The 3 Rs of Creativity and Careers I found myself coining a new phrase to capture some of the key ideas in career development. The phrase is: Reinvent, Respond, Resort The idea flowed from...
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Getting Creative Solutions Using Creative Thinking Strategies Cards
The Factory We marvel at the some people’s ability to seemingly effortlessly generate creative ideas, and we know it is something that we’d like to be able to do more regularly and readily. We...
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Working with a terminal illness
The Factory My late Aunt Sylvia Cox was an inspiration to me. She was not only my Aunt, she was a teacher at my High School. Her enthusiasm for life and her naturally exclamatory style engendered a...
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Strangling Animals? Golf? What your hobbies say about you…
The Factory Paul Simon began “have a good time” with “yesterday it was my birthday…”. Well that was in the 1970s and you couldn’t get your LED watches to work properly, the batteries kept running out....
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Oppositional Thoughts…Volume 4
The Factory Here is Volume 4 of my Oppositional Thoughts…They are designed to gently puncture some of the slightly precious life advice out there, and to complexify overly simplistic homilies, that...
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Transform your Career by shifting: Shift 2 From Plans To Plans And Planning
The Factory Shiftwork is the work we all have to do to manage, survive and thrive in the face of a world where Shift Happens. I’ve identified 11 shifts that we have to make (see here) and the first...
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Transform your Career by shifting: Shift 3 From Narrowing Down To Being...
The Factory Shiftwork is the work we all have to do to manage, survive and thrive in the face of a world where Shift Happens. I’ve identified 11 shifts that we have to make (see here) and the first...
View ArticleJim Bright’s Career Coaching Course in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane &...
The Factory I’m running my 3-day career counselling, coaching & assessment course in March in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide & Melbourne and Brisbane. You can register or get more details here:...
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The Cover of our new book – The Chaos Theory of Careers!
The Factory The book now has a cover! Here it is: Tweet This Post The FactoryThe Factory - Career Development Blog & Podcasts from Jim Bright, PhD, Bright and Associates
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Transform your Career by shifting: Shift 5 From Risk As Failure To Risk As...
The Factory Shiftwork is the work we have to do to manage, thrive and survive in a world where shift happens. I’ve identified 11 shifts that we have to make (see here), so far I’ve addressed the first...
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Transform your Career by Shifting: Shift 6 From Probabilities To Probable...
The Factory Shiftwork is the work we have to do to manage, thrive and survive in a world where shift happens. I’ve identified 11 shifts that we have to make (see here), so far I’ve addressed the first...
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Coaching and Leading for the short-term and authenticity
The Factory Coaching and Leading for the short-term and authenticity The short term gets a bad press. A short-term measure is frequently seen as superficial, a temporary band aid solution that fails...
View ArticleResearching Chaotically Presentation by Robert Pryor & Jim Bright
The Factory This is a presentation given by Robert Pryor and Jim Bright at the Career Development Association International Conference, Cairns, QLD, April 29th 2011. It addresses some of the issues in...
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Having the courage to live authentically on the edge of chaos
The Factory The most common way of dealing with uncertainty is to close our minds and limit our options and behaviors. The trouble is that the world and the people in it are uncertain, and our typical...
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Transform your career by shifting: Shift 8: From Informing To Informing And...
The Factory Shift: Transform your career by shifting: Shift 8: From Informing To Informing And Transforming What is easier – working with a person to understand the limits and biases in their thinking...
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Transform your career by shifting: Shift 10 – From Knowing In Advance To...
The Factory Here is a spoiler alert – if you are likely to be going to the cinema or watching TV in the next while, you may want to skip the next paragraph. Rosebud was his sledge. They all did it....
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Make or Break Moments in Careers and Life
The Factory Make or Break Moments in Careers and Life Are there moments in life that are make or break? In Chaos Theory of Careers Terms, tipping points, where everything changes? Can we predict them,...
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Is goal setting past its peak? Some new data.
The Factory How long has there been serious interest in goal setting? You might be forgiven for thinking it has always been a key approach to changing human behavior. However according to PsycInfo...
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Embracing Uncertainty in Life and Careers
The Factory What does uncertainty mean to you? To many uncertainty is a threat to be avoided or overcome. To others it offers surprise and opportunity. For some it is both of these things depending...
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The Day my Dog became a Triangle
The Factory The Day my Dog became a Triangle Dogs are not triangles. Any fool knows this. They don’t even bother assessing this knowledge when they issue you with a dog license. So it was very...
View ArticleHow to get luck on your side
The Factory Here is an article in the Australian Financial Review on Luck in Careers. How to get luck on your side in your career. It is about luck in careers, luck readiness, and luck and career...
View ArticleThe role of parents in career development and thoughts on my father
The Factory here is a link to my column in the Sydney Morning Herald and Age newspapers on parents and careers. The role of parents in career development is critical. Here I share some thoughts on the...
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The top 10 words of 2011 or of all time?
The Factory LinkedIn report the top 10 clichés found on LinkedIn profiles in 2011 (see here). So how do these words stack up in terms of historic usage? Using a relatively unknown google research...
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Coaching Counselling Courses: Remaining dates in 2012 to catch the Career...
The Factory Coaching Counselling Courses Training Dates for 2012 All courses presented by Prof Jim Bright. Other courses will be added here later – watch this space. Courses tailored and delivered...
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Act before you think: In coaching and careers
The Factory “Nothing will be achieved if first all objections must be overcome” said the wise Eleanor Roosevelt. Objections prevent action. Objections to our own actions are ultimately authored by...
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Coaching Fractal Action for Personal Development
The Factory We get frustrated when we are unsure how to act, and feel disheartened when we voluntarily or involuntarily act in ways that are not true ourselves. We can get lost while searching for the...
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My top 10 career development books
The Factory My top 10 career development books It is an almost impossible task to come up with a definitive list of my top ten career development books. However I set myself the task of choosing a list...
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