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.
Innovation – Be a GP who works weekends
Sometimes we make innovation seem so hard. I was reminded recently of a GP in a tourist destination who often works "on call" for major hotels as part of their practice. As an example, for them, this inevitably means that they are never around for all of Christmas...
Innovation – Be a GP who works weekends
We make innovation seem hard, so try and do just a few things differently to practice working your innovation “muscle”.
Gratitude + Presence = Inspiration
Hugh McLeod, Gaping Void This morning as I am about to leave Cayman, I am sitting to write today's post and the word Gratitude comes to me, allied to being Present. I then searched my site for those terms and found a post called "Gratitude+Presence" from, similarly,...
What if you made your Vision your Present?
Think for a moment about your Vision for yourself, your business or organisation. For those with a focus on the UK, where the General Election just happened, perhaps you may be reflecting on your own Vision for country, economy, society. Now, these all typically have...
Is it time for you to “GSD”?
It is time to enter not into the GTD mode, but the GSD mode, elevating to the GSD mindset that is so appropriate for them at this time. A good friend of mine has spent their life making sure they had everything in their head all the time at any time. As you can...
You haven’t watched The Princess Bride? Inconceivable!
The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Christopher Guest. Today a light-hearted post spurred by...
Holstee: Life is short. Live your dream, and wear your passion.
Ten years ago, in their first step as a company, Holstee’s founders, Dave, Mike and Fabian, sat together on the steps of Union Square in New York to write down how they define success. The goal was to create something they could reflect back on if they ever felt stuck...
Slow down. Happiness is trying to catch you.
Remember to Slow down. Happiness is trying to catch you. Yesterday I woke in the Cayman Islands on a beautiful "Christmas Breeze" morning. However, instead of being truly relaxed, I thought about writing the post for this following day and felt the struggle of coming...
Always ask “what”, not “any”
Yesterday I wrote: "Flux and intense curiosity", linking to an annual post from Tom Whitwell of Flux called "52 things I learned in 2019". The 52nd and last thing he had learned was: Asking ‘What questions to do you have for me?’ can be dramatically more effective...
Flux and intense curiosity
I am certain that intense curiosity is an essential attribute for #OpenLeadership. Recently I was pointed towards an amazing annual post by my eclectically brilliant friend Steve Moore. As he put it: "Read Tom’s annual post. You will learn more in the ten minutes it...
The emergence of the purpose-driven consultant
The new triple bottom line, see the #OpenLeadership article "Leading from Purpose" ..The growing demand for a fairer, more caring form of capitalism has also given rise to a related phenomenon: the emergence of the purpose-driven consultant.Over recent years, a...
Live in the present before making plans for the future
"..making plans for the future is of use only to people who are capable of living completely in the present."Alan Watts My life is structured in what is often a seamless blend, so when someone asks me "what do you do?" and they are really asking "what is your job",...
The power of not knowing
One of my favourite places in London is Hungerford Bridge, the footbridge I regularly take over the Thames from Waterloo and the South Bank. This summer, the "Hungerford Bridge Gallery of Outsider Art" suddenly appeared one day. No explanation, no website, simply art...
Mentoring Stones
Rock balancing, February 2019, Baja Earlier this year I had the amazing experience of rock balancing in Baja at the Modern Elder Academy. My experience, was, odd as it may sound, the rocks taught me something, the value of having ever deeper Presence. Chip Conley puts...