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.
Hyperfocus vs Flow State
What is the distinction between Hyperfocus and Flow State? I love the idea of Flow and being in a flow state, I've written around the topic many times, including this core post. In the last few years, I have also become more and more curious about ADHD as I see some...
Hyperfocus vs Flow State
I love the idea of Flow and being in a flow state, I’ve written around the topic many times. What is the distinction between Hyperfocus…
British business language translation
I moved to the UK after nearly 28 years in the Caribbean and mostly focussed on the Americas. Yes, am a white male speaking English…
Slowing down – walking the dog
Today a story about self-awareness, the value of slowing down, and walking the dog.
Smashing Paradigms – Running a two-hour marathon
Today I’m inspired by Eliud Kipchoge, who on September 17, 2018 utterly obliterated the marathon world record, so have come back to the theme of Smashing…
Looking for a coach? Questions to ask them first
Are you considering investing in a coach for yourself, and/or for members of your team? If so, how are you going about selecting them? Are…
Salve Corpus Amanti – what does inspire leaders?
Vision is not Leadership and Leadership is not Vision, but they are linked. Leadership is about taking people with you on a journey, and it requires…
Masters practice incessantly, then improvise
This week I was at my favourite recurring learning experience, a "Facilitation Shindig" led by the amazing Julie Drybrough. This experience inspired today's post, about Mastery being about the ability to improvise and that ability coming from incessant practice....
Leadership, vulnerability and how to apologise
In "Good to Great", Jim Collins talks of five levels of leadership, the highest being Level 5. Level 5 leaders have all that it takes to be at the first four levels, but in addition, have a unique blend of humility and indomitable will. My writing at this site is...
Organisational Transformations – dropping pebbles
The #BeMoreYou page on this site is there to help leaders assess if I am the right person to support them and if they are the right person too. Words like bravery and transformation are peppered through the site, and this phrase from the page is apposite to today's...
Simple and joyful – Fisherman’s Blues
The Waterboys - doing what they do! I've written many posts on this site around the theme of Movies with Meaning, I've written about nature, architecture and more, as there are so many areas of life that inspire and that I truly feel are critical to our wellbeing,...
Context and choosing your team
Am working on building a tribe to work on a brave and different project that looks at business and leadership through the lens of beauty. Thanks to Susan Aktemel for posting this on Twitter the other day. I saw Susan speak at the Entrepreneurial Summit at Gleneagles...
Beautiful Leadership – We are all connected
Following on from yesterday's article: "Beautiful Leadership - Shining Eyes", after writing that article I found myself listening to some movie soundtrack pieces and then the end title from Cloud Atlas came on. Today I'll take the final thought from the TED talk by...
Beautiful Leadership – Shining Eyes
You can see from the front pages of this site that I look to work with visionary leaders to see beyond their vision, to "work with them to bring out their unique gifts." Benjamin Zander is a legendary classical music conductor, he sees his role as "to awaken...