My Library
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.
Do you respect others doing their work?
In my life, I have flown a lot. A lot! Statistically, I have flown more than 99.9% of the world's population (feels crazy, but I looked into it and it appears to be true), having millions of miles flown. With that, I have seen countless safety demonstrations. So,...
Do you respect others doing their work?
I believe in showing respect to others doing their work, whatever that work is, whoever they are.
Before you play two notes, learn how to play one
Image credit: Getty Images “Before you play two notes, learn how to play one. And don’t play one unless you’ve got a reason to play it.”Mark Hollis Last week I came across a recent article on Mark Hollis, front man of Talk Talk, who passed away in early 2019, titled...
Everything becomes clear
This morning the latest periodic #OpenLeadership newsletter was sent out to subscribers, entitled: "Could you go slower?". It is a "long read" that I wrote over the holiday period, I hope you enjoy it. For today's daily post, though, I did things a little differently...
Next time you’re afraid to share an idea…
Next time you're afraid to share an idea…remember someone once said in a meeting "let's make a film with a tornado full of sharks" In the USA Discovery Channel has a "Shark Week" once a year where they put on nature programmes about Sharks, you guessed it, for a week....
Can the climate crisis be a catalyst for true change?
I'm a believer in #OpenLeadership and, in particular, Leading from Purpose (see my core post on this here). For 2020 I've also decided to seek out case studies of successful businesses and write around them under the theme "Purpose-Led" with the first one this week:...
What are you reading?
On this site, I mean 😉 I'm doing the holiday season differently, taking a few days overseas on a break from today. I also just wrote a LONG read newsletter to go into the #OpenLeadership archive after it goes out on Monday, January 6th. If you'd like to receive then,...
Purpose-Led – from 13 people to 6 million
The new triple bottom line In 2020 I will be writing regular posts featuring businesses that are truly Purpose-led and are highly and sustainably successful. This is all part of a mission to build bridges to CEOs, and specifically to address the doubters that believe...
Everything’s gonna be alright
Bob Marley, live at the Lyceum 1975 For New Year's Day this year, I'll be up quite early and volunteering at a ParkRun. At other time's of the day, I'll do what I typically do on the first day of the year, which is to take it quietly and, with that, listen to music....
Seeking to be “in Flow” rather than to attain
In this last week of the year, I have been writing some simple daily musings on themes such as slowing down (here and here) and being patient (here and here). Today, inspired (as I often am) by the thoughts of my friend Chip Conley, I reflect on what happens when we...
Being patient is not about doing nothing
Yesterday I mused about patience in "Being Patient can be a Practice", musing that, at this quiet time between Christmas and New Year: "I find myself struggling today to “do nothing” and, on a broader sense, to “be patient” and allow time for things to emerge and...
Being Patient can be a Practice
It is the Sunday morning between Christmas and New Year. For me consciously a super quiet couple of days planned this way. As 2019 comes to a close I have much to be thankful for and much to look forward to in 2020, yet still, I find myself struggling today to "do...
Slow down and look at the flowers…
...literally, slow down and look at the flowers. Over the last few days I've been taking time to slow down, as with yesterday's post" Slow it down". Last night I arrived back from Scotland to my apartment in London. It took me a while as I busied myself with "life...
Slow it down
Edinburgh, December 25th, 2019 For a few days, I am taking time to slow down. On the morning of Christmas Day, I walked to the top of a hill and looked over this view of Edinburgh, the city where I was born and lived a total of about 12 of my first 24 years of life....