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26 Dec
2014

New training terrain?

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December 26, 2014

It’s been fun this year organising two different training days on Listening and Persuasion led by Dick Mullender. The courses have been intense, sold out and very well received. (You couldn’t get better testimonials.) We’re aiming to…

25 Aug
2014

Are you listening? Again?

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August 25, 2014

At Wordstock last year, we sat on the edges of our seats and listened to Richard Mullender, crisis and hostage negotiator. He had a lot to say about sub-text. Language, explicit and implicit. Putting all the truisms…

25 Feb
2014

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February 25, 2014

Here’s the place where you find out all the news from 26 from new projects in Canada and Oxford and a chance to spend a day as a hostage. Survey, so good We’d like to say…

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