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“Human beings are the only species who believe in things that don’t exist.” (Yuval Noah Harari) Did you know that every animal in nature experiences the world in a unique way? Bats “see” the world through sound waves, sharks sense electrical fields, and flies taste the world through their feet (thank god we’re not). Each of them perceives only part of reality, through the senses and filters that nature gave them.

In the first article, we saw that humans don’t just experience reality through senses, but through stories. Those stories shape everything from money and status to what a conflict “means” at work. They help us function and collaborate, but they also become dangerous when we forget they are stories and start treating them as reality itself.

Somewhere in your organisation right now, someone has approved a budget for management training. Maybe it was you. The programme looks good on paper, the facilitators are credible, and the feedback forms at the end of the sessions will almost certainly come back positive. People tend to enjoy training days. Free lunch, time away from the desk, a speaker who tells them things they half-knew but hadn't articulated.

Building Effective Skills Development in Business Through Education Aligned Learning, Modern Leadership, and Managerial Excellence

Though the effective date is 1 January 2027, the 2026 comparatives in the 2027 financial statements need to be based on IFRS 18. This means that entities need to work on the IFRS 18 presentation and disclosure requirements from 2026.

Every organisation says communication is important. It's in the values statement. It's mentioned in town halls. It's the topic of at least one offsite every year. And yet, communication breakdowns remain one of the most expensive problems organisations face. Not because leaders don't care about communication. But because they're solving the wrong problem.