Insights
People are my library, my writing inspired by what I learn: ideas, inspiration, wisdom, and sometimes some eclectic whimsy for good measure, all centred around #OpenLeadership. At the heart of all of this is that I write to share learnings and to discover my thoughts. Over the years i have written (mostly) daily, over 2000 posts and 1,000,000 words (that last part blows my mind, tbh!). Enjoy browsing.
Time for a winter pause
Good morning to one and all, I hope you are all switching off for a few days for the holiday season. I'm taking an extended pause for the next month. I might "pop in" with the odd post here and there, but the rhythm and I shall be pausing my structure of daily posts....
Time for a winter pause
Learn to pause, or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you.
Designing a Pareto Life
The Pareto Principle of 80% of our results coming from 20% of our inputs applied to how we could use this in our personal lives…
Mix, blend and enjoy
I moved to Cayman and immediately felt at home on a small island and found a blend of over one hundred nationalities.
We can all be refugees
In memory of Benjamin Zephaniah, the brilliant “We Refugees” poet, who passed away this week. His passion for equality unites us all.
Gratitude for the gift of purpose
Awareness of my purpose has indeed been a great agent for me to change myself and to support others to change.
Listening, a tip from a Coaching Master
Ed Percival, known by those in the coaching community as, simply, “Yoda”, was the greatest of the many mentors I have had in my life.
Got and Want lists
Last week I was at an edition of “The Lab” led by Neil Baker. One of the experiments was to write down our thoughts for…
SCARF and understanding the needs of others
Reflecting on Perpetua Neo’s “This is What Matters,” the SCARF model unveils psychological safety needs, offering a powerful leadership tool.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously
Yes, three posts in a week inspired by Charlie Munger, who said: “Take a simple idea and take it seriously”
If in doubt, make it shorter
Power lies in brevity. If in doubt, make it shorter. A concise message can be remarkably potent and impactful.
Inspiration is building
I follow energy often in terms of what I do, and decisions I make, and now I am feeling inspiration building up in me to…
Joy and wonder through untranslatable words
I simply love untranslatable words, by which I mean both words that have meanings that cannot readily be simplified in definition, and also words from…
Be unfettered by conventional thinking
I do hope to be remembered as being “unfettered by conventional thinking”, what a wonderful way to be thought of!