Rob Pyne

Had fun this morning working with 80 NGENers on their negotiation skills. Our last NGEN session for the year and a good way to wrap it up. Thanks to the Media Federation of Australia @MelAslanidis Tahni Brooks and all who showed up and got stuck into the…lnkd.in/eaFjnZr

Great job Chloe Hooper from PHD presenting to 1000 people at MFA EX. Super confident delivery, clear message around the need to partner with universities to innovate. lnkd.in/f2ad7kX

Having a fun interactive negotiation workshop with 50 Media Federation of Australia ngen folks in Melbourne today. Challenging them to try interest based negotiations and use their listening skills to find out that the other side want. #listeningskills #…lnkd.in/gpg8dRk

A new partnership with the IAB yesterday, running a workshop on commercial acumen for digital sales people. Thanks to all who brought along their energy and got stuck in to innovative business models and P&L calculations the morning after a long weekend!…lnkd.in/gAiPmdh

Congratulations to the 2 debate teams at Verizon media great debate: culture vs code. You all did brilliantly to persuade and entertain us. Sarah Kramer Andrew Clift Alana Adair Liz Adeniji, BSc (Hons), MBA Natalie Hatch Elliot Jackson @sarah_ocarroll…lnkd.in/fXwE9dW

The end of a workshop when everyone has gone and the room is tidy. After a day on my feet the quiet is a nice post script to an awesome day facilitating an engaged leadership group on the topic of commercial acumen. #leadershiptraining #training #critical…lnkd.in/fjmM-zx

If you are in marketing, chances are high that your work life is a constant juggle of email, meetings and multitasking. Trouble is that all of these are typically a massive drain on your ability to produce <great work>. Today with the University of Sydney…lnkd.in/fVM9gSR

At 4pm we will be doing our #mumbrella360 Can You Crack This session with these 6 awesome charities. If you are here come along to help them solve a tough problem. Michelle Pitt Louise Pay Nina Nyman Rachel Troy Katie Rudge lnkd.in/g85wZhv

6 kids charities. 6 tough problems. Can you crack them? We will be running our problem solving session at #mumbrella360 at 4pm on the ideas stage. Michelle Pitt Nina Nyman Rachel Troy lnkd.in/espSYYy

About to run a live negotiation for 110 people (!) in the NGEN an MFA Initiative community. Thanks to Facebook for lending us your great event space. lnkd.in/fRJFNTh

Love my morning commute this time of year. Today I'm running a workshop on collaboration skills: collaboration sounds easy but in real life often massively underwhelms. The key is in understanding your own psychology and why it's super easy to get defensi…lnkd.in/feT3vPE

Ready for our NGEN an MFA Initiative session on commercial acumen. Thank you Facebook for lending us your awesome workshop space for 90 of our industry's up and comers to workshop how to be commercially savvy. Kathleen Beddoes lnkd.in/frBs-8S

We have got a brand new session on Commercial Acumen for NGEN in May. I'm busy putting final touches to the interactive exercises at Clontarf reserve. Great place to think. #training #think Kathleen Beddoes lnkd.in/f5gVV5T

How do you drive collaboration? One technique we're loving is "You Show Me Mine, I'll Show You Yours" which is where we have people explain each other's companies to the group in 5 minutes. Participants have to get together beforehand to work it out. It's…lnkd.in/fhKDETv

I'm a fan of decision-making software Cloverpop. Here's a useful case study from their blog on Instagram's approach to decision-making. The insight: employees want to understand not just the outcome of decisions, they want to under…lnkd.in/fVckZ6D lnkd.in/fRV3Z8v

We've had a great 2 days, training 120 people on negotiations for the MFA's ngen program. Thanks to everyone for rolling up their sleeves and doing the live negotiation with your peers. Kathleen Beddoes Tahni Brooks #negotiation  #training lnkd.in/gtjpTHb

Amazingly, only 3% of businesses are training their teams for a future of augmented intelligence (AI + Humans working together). The key skills needed are the 4Cs: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Communication, Collaboration. We're…lnkd.in/fzkjWCp lnkd.in/fimqeeZ

About to go on a whirlwind tour of 4 workshops, 3 states, 3 days. All about #communication. (1) #storytelling with data. (2) how to give #feedback. And my favourite: (3) #objectionhandling where we'll be channeling Tony Abbott - the master of objecting (h…lnkd.in/fdqhuzc

Launching a new project this morning to help a group of sister companies collaborate better. One thing to remember is that collaboration is NOT the same as teamwork. See this excellent article...  lnkd.in/faGUk3i lnkd.in/f4xtPiJ

How you time your activities during the day is crucial. lnkd.in/fZbFpZ9 lnkd.in/f-AeiwJ