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.
How do you keep your mental muscles moving?
Am writing this having just come back from a fortnightly Pilates training session with my trainer in London, Rob Filmer. The photo above is of Sue Merren, who is a top trainer in Cayman and who I am eternally grateful to for her guiding and teaching me on my Pilates...
How do you keep your mental muscles moving?
What do you do to keep your own mental muscles moving? Stay curious, learn widely, and keep practices of learning in different and eclectic ways.
Slow day
Today I’m writing this at about 4pm rather than posting at 8am. Speaks to taking a “slow day”, allowing for a day where nothing much…
Being comfortable with not knowing
What if you could simply “be comfortable with not knowing” the solutions/answers/what to do? What would then be possible?
A coaching paradox
The coaching paradox is that the very things that hold us back are the reasons we need a coach in the first place.
Share your stories
Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up. Let us also share our stories of falling, not only our stories of…
The easiest way to gain advantage in business
Positive asymmetry is another way to talk about creating an environment where you can “gain advantage”, by creating a situation where you have much more…
Making sense of yourself with eight questions
What are some of the important questions that you are making sense of nowadays?
Calling Cayman Leaders
A call to Cayman Leaders to contact me to discuss where you are and whether it would be good timing and fit for us to…
There are weeks when decades happen
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen” – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Are you open to having your ideas challenged?
In business we see leaders who are NOT accepting of being challenged. Leaders must first show they are open and humble in accepting this.
Tools to help you move slowly and consciously
Find certain things you can do slowly and consciously in your day that can help you focus more on whatever comes directly after that.
If you seek tranquillity, do less
“Most of what we say and do is not essential, if you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquillity.
Short Speeches take longer
Love this and the associated blog from Sketchplanations Around six months ago I started working with a client on their long term strategy. The first draft they shared with me was around sixty pages long and the core points were very much buried within several sections...