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.
I couldn’t not do it
Elif Shafak recently wrote a post on the "perfect writing schedule", broadly about how many writers have to carve out time to write. My instinctive response in the comments: I write because I cannot not write. I've had a discipline of posting a daily blog now for over...
I couldn’t not do it
You must also be driven to do it to a level where, in hindsight, you “couldn’t not do it.”
Leadership, vulnerability and the wildness and preciousness of life
Today is a guest post from Melissa Case: Leadership, vulnerability, and the wildness and preciousness of life.
Alchemy and Competitive Advantage through Flexible Working
Now that flexible working has also become publicly known, it has suddenly become a bargaining chip for employees.
Working with cycles in life, work, business
I hope this post gives you pause to look at the cycles in your own life and work and which ones you can then choose…
Smashing Paradigms – the Five Day working week
Perhaps the standard of a five-day work week in the office will later come to be seen as a paradigm that was smashed as it…
What Paradigm could you Smash?
I encourage you to consider what paradigm you could smash, using a recent example of a smashed paradigm.
Bring chicken stock
Being brought chicken stock was a gift of abundance and friendship for which I am most grateful.
Heart of a Charity, Mindset of a Business
For Croydon Vision, then, they absolutely have the heart of a charity, their focus now is to have more and more of that mindset of…
Open Leadership – Balance Humility and Audacity
Steph Curry’s broad social and cultural perspective allows him to balance humility and audacity so skillfully it sets a tone for the entire franchise.
I’m feeling frustrated…
Rather than look to think too much about being frustrated and what I can and can’t plan for, I’ll anchor back to the word acceptance…
Feel the sun on your face
I have gained a heightened appreciation of the simple things in life – like marvelling at the apple blossom or a feeling the sun on…
Coaching Mindset and Belief
I always come from a Coaching Mindset, by which I mean this: Coaching Mindset is Belief that the Client has the Answers.
The Opposition of Events
The difficulties we have to face are only the difficulties of circumstances, and the only opposition we have to encounter is the opposition of events.