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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.

Life is so subtle sometimes

Life is so subtle sometimes

Life is so subtle sometimes that you barely notice yourself walking through the doors you once prayed would open. I've always moved through life wanting to make a difference, as captured in my purpose statement of MakingPotentialPossible. Of course, on many occasions...

What a difference a day can make

What a difference a day can make

I nearly used an image of my Wordle effort from today as a follow on from yesterday's post "I find being patient hard sometimes", where I shared my poor effort as an example of how I was struggling that day. Any slightly astute reader (and all my regular readers are...

Be careful of what you read into data

Be careful of what you read into data

Today a story to remind us to be careful of what we read into data. It also serves as a reminder that "you cannot eliminate your biases" (an article I wrote some time ago on the topic of heuristics) and therefore how vitally important it is to develop strategies to...

Apple’s Philosophy: Empathy, Focus, Impute

Apple’s Philosophy: Empathy, Focus, Impute

Today a guest post from my dear friend and close colleague Alan Wick. Before that, though, a strong recommendation for his programme "The Business of Business". Alan's Purpose is "to inspire entrepreneurs who love what they do", and to this end, he launched this...

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." - Benjamin Franklin One of the most treasured of all institutions in the UK and the crowning achievement and legacy of the post-WWII period known as "the post-war consensus": To some extent the Second World War...