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.
Joy and wonder through untranslatable words
This morning I find myself inspired once again by the writing of Elif Shafak on your new substack, this time with a post called: "The Wisdom of 'Untranslatable Words", which I will come to in a moment. First, I simply love untranslatable words, by which I mean both...
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…
Pausing time
Pausing time to reflect and refresh.
Uneventful and Quiet, Boringly Normal
As a theme, my daily posting over the last while has been, well, relatively uneventful and quiet and boringly normal, even.
What would the world have to look like to you?
When you see someone doing something that doesn’t make sense to you, ask yourself what the world would have to look like to you for…
Life carries on in the people I meet
“Life carries on in the people I meet, In everyone that’s out on the street.” – Peter Gabriel, I Grieve
A Quiet Sunday
With all that 2022 has brought me, the joy of a quiet Sunday feels sufficiently profound for me today. May you enjoy your Sunday, quiet…
Pausing out of respect
Pausing the daily blog today out of the utmost respect for an individual who devoted their entire life to being of service to an institution.
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?