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.
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...
Life is so subtle sometimes
Life is so subtle sometimes that you barely notice yourself walking through the doors you once prayed would open.
My kind of people
People who get excited about stars, moon and sunset are my kind of people. Think of a few things you have been present to in…
Value those who can think outside the box
You can practice, you can learn to think outside the box, to connect the dots in ways others would not have thought possible.
Are you getting enough of all seven types of rest?
The seven types of rest, then: Physical Rest, Mental Rest, Sensory Rest, Creative Rest, Emotional Rest, Social Rest, and Spiritual Rest.
Practice deep play
Winston Churchill, on the importance of what I would call deep play. He himself focussed on painting for this.
She turned the tables on me!
Yesterday my guest on this week’s #WhatComesNextLive was my friend Alex Barker, who turned the tables on me.
Elegant simplicity in engineering
The Victoria Line on the London Underground has hump-back stations which apparently saves energy and help the trains run faster. Elegant simplicity.
The only way to avoid criticism
Aristotle puts it best: “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing”. I choose instead #BeMoreYou.
Every challenge is a learning opportunity
My Purpose is Making Potential Possible. Every challenge is a learning opportunity
A Good Day
Let the gratefulness overflow into blessing all around you, and then it will really be a good day.
Do more
In our increasingly “VUCA” Covid world, we can feel a little powerless about the unpredictability of major events, or Black Swans, but we can “Do…
Could you escape the cubicle?
It is a sad indictment of how our “developed” societies live that in order to “escape the cubicle” it feels like we will have to…
Could you become an Uncertainty Expert?
I I’m always curious to learn more, though, so recently joined a series of “interactive documentaries” called “The Uncertainty Experts”.