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Why Learning needs Structure.
How high-performance organisations embed learning through failure Structured and supportive learning is a deliberate act. Failing Forward...

David Yates
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Performing Capability, Postponing Growth.
How workplace culture can silence learning and what it costs. Workplace culture can cause silence and loss of growth opportunities. The...

David Yates
3 days ago5 min read
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The Mindset behind the Mistake.
Why failure feels personal and how learning begins with mindset. The Challenge of Failure. In most work environments, mistakes aren’t...

David Yates
6 days ago5 min read
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Rory Mcllroy, The Green Jacket and the Long Road to Resilience
There’s a particular kind of pressure that comes with unfinished greatness. For those that don’t know, by 25, McIlroy had four majors to his name. The Masters, the one missing piece, had become both a goal and a ghost.

David Yates
Apr 186 min read
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Decision Making - Clarity Over Time.
What Happens After the Decision Matters Just as Much. Some decisions feel complete the moment they’re made. Others linger. Not because...

David Yates
Apr 155 min read
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Decision Making - Clarity in Teams.
The Cost of Unspoken Hesitation. You don’t have to be in charge to feel the weight of a decision. Think about a moment when you’re with...

David Yates
Apr 144 min read
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Decision Making - Clarity Under Pressure.
The Hidden Strain Behind Everyday Decisions. You don’t need to be in a crisis to feel the cost of unclear thinking. It happens more...

David Yates
Apr 125 min read
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From Tenerife to Three Mile Island: What Aviation and Nuclear Can Teach UK Industry About Resilience.
The Pattern We Keep Missing . Some systems break dramatically. Others bend quietly until something gives. In high-risk environments,...

David Yates
Apr 98 min read
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First Light - Why Sun is still the Best Medicine
The Daily Reset: How Sunlight Realigns Body and Mind. There are mornings when the world seems to begin again. Not metaphorically, but...

David Yates
Apr 74 min read
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The Stress Cup - Part 5: The Goldilocks Zone
Eustress, Distress & The Rhythm of Resilience Not all stress is bad. It’s easy to forget that, so much of what we hear about stress is...

David Yates
Apr 45 min read
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The Stress Cup - Part 4: How to Build Resilience Skills that Last, One Small Change at a Time
Resilience Not Just as a Mindset, but a Skill set By now, the image of the Stress Cup may have started to settle in, perhaps you have...

David Yates
Apr 45 min read
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The Stress Cup - Part 3: The Power of Shared Language
How the Cup Creates Community It’s one thing to understand your own Stress Cup, to notice when it’s full, to recognise the early signs of...

David Yates
Apr 43 min read
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The Stress Cup - Part 2: Recognising Reactions as Signals not Flaws
The Overflow isn’t the Problem We often think the problem is the reaction. The sharp tone. The silence. The frustration that seems to...

David Yates
Apr 44 min read
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The Stress Cup - A Simple Way to Recognise Emotional Overload
The Cup and its Contents Some days, it doesn’t take much. A missed call, a short reply, a spilt coffee, a cancelled plan and suddenly...

David Yates
Apr 24 min read
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The Origins of Resilience Training
Resilience training is embedded in the aviation industry In today’s workplaces “resilience” is everywhere. It appears in job specs,...

David Yates
Mar 297 min read
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