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.
Would you WNH?
Would you WNH? "Work Near Home" is an idea I've been thinking about for some years and is waiting to happen, particularly in commuter towns (and as I live at the edge of London, that is the area I am thinking of first). Already we see more and more people commuting...
Would you WNH?
Would you WNH – Work Near Home. An idea I’ve been thinking about for some years and is waiting to happen, particularly in commuter towns.
Hibernating and also getting ready for Spring activity
This year things are largely opened up, yet I have feel as though I am hibernating.
We all need more Gorilla drumming in our lives
A story of how a Gorilla, drums, music and a ninety-second TV ad beautifully executed the brief of: “Eating Cadbury’s chocolate makes you feel good.”
Take time to process
We live in a world that is so often oriented towards immediate action, yet sometimes the deeper value comes from taking time to process.
Why do we retire?
Let us look at why we retire, why sometimes we can’t and then the question “why retire?”, for those who have the choice to continue…
The importance of marking occasions
This evening a client is taking me out for dinner to celebrate. I worked with them and their business extensively for around eighteen months up until the end of last year and, as we finished that engagement, they told me they wanted to take me out for dinner in the...
Did you have fun?
Don’t force your kids into sports. It’s the child’s desire to play that matters, not the parent’s desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep…
I don’t understand
Have you ever been presenting to a group and asked “does everyone understand?” and got a sea of blank faces?
Do you love Mondays?
Though Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats had their biggest hit with “I Don’t Like Mondays”, I don’t agree.
Turning Lemons into Lemonade
I wanted to head out on Sunday, so how to take these challenges and turn them into opportunities? How to turn “lemons into lemonade”?
Music as part of our emotional toolbox
Music should provide us with “an emotional toolbox” to which we can turn at different moments of our lives.
Triangulate insights but don’t get in a triangle
I can “triangulate” to see insights that go beyond any individual or individual’s context or situation and so further support the entire organisation.
Over-communicate your message
Build a cohesive leadership team, create and over-communicate organisational clarity. Reinforce Organisational Clarity though Human Systems.