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.
What if universities stopped giving exams?
Tim Harford recently wrote a piece called: "Policy Lessons from the Official Monster Raving Loony Party". For those not from the UK, Screaming Lord Sutch was a novelty candidate who ran for election as an MP (Member of Parliament many times and never had a chance of...
What if universities stopped giving exams?
What if universities stopped giving exams? “Loony”, huh? How will we know how hard students have worked?
Wistfully missing the age of Business Cards
I have very rarely handed out business cards for at least a decade now. I miss this way to communicate the essence of what you…
When you can’t control the outcome
Don’t try to control the uncontrollable. I’m generally pretty zen in situations where I can’t control the outcome.
Never let schooling interfere with education
How focussed are you on learning and where do you seek to gain your education at your own stage of life and career?
How can I help?
I go into every conversation with someone new with the thought “how can I help?”. To me, a huge part of what life is about…
Thoughts from Ride 7 – Trust the Process
Trust the Process is a phrase I use as an anchor when working with clients on transformative work for themselves, and for their business.
Driving Cars because “we’ve always done it this way”
How many things do we do because they are how we have always done them – like driving cars around?
Having a strong base
It is good that you had a strong base: reconnect to the work quickly due to having a solid foundation of work on my core…
Sometimes it feels hard to slow down
I often remind clients in senior leadership positions that “the less you do the more valuable you are to your business.”
The increasing irrelevance of nation states
As global trends continue, we must ultimately consider the relevance of nation-states.
Is not experiencing fear or stress my superpower?
Living in the absence of fear, stress, and anxiety is very powerful and a superpower that many people do not possess.
What’s for you will not go by you
The translation of that Scots phrase is “what’s for you will not go by you” and I am reminded of this as I am currently…
Live life forwards
It is important to understand the past and its impact on the present, then let us live life forwards.