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.
Appreciate the little things
As I get older, I think perhaps the greatest wisdom I have gained, is being (sometimes) able to appreciate the little things that we are all blessed with, if we only look. On Monday this week, I walked out of my door with a t-shirt and shorts on and enjoyed the...
Appreciate the little things
As I get older, I think perhaps the greatest wisdom I have gained, is being (sometimes) able to appreciate the little things that we are…
Playing the unexpected chess move
How Grant Thornton changed the game of FTSE company audits with one statement
Letting the light shine in for others
The first in series of posts where I seek to find what it is that I do in my work so as to let the…
Smashing Paradigms – You can’t read the label
To go radical, you need to see outside the jar you’re in
Trains and Radical Innovation
Could train service in the network be radically transformed to be driven by the needs of passengers. It seem perhaps so. What could such potential…
Movies with Meaning – Integrity
These three great movies speak to me about integrity
Writing I Love – “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
Ulysses, Helen Mirren and Modern Elders
Emma, the world is changed by your example..
Could this be the change we never thought we’d see around gun control, and led by a real life Mockingjay/Tris/Harry Potter against our dystopian world?
What do you see ?
Tell me what you see here ?.. and then consider the “sliders”, the dimensions discussed in the article. Where do you see yourself ?
Silence and Nyepi – Less is More
Be counter-intuitive as a leader. Take time for silence, then make fewer decisions but make them the key ones.
Smashing Paradigms – When others Zig, you Zag
How much do you “think different”? Will you be remembered as others were in “here’s to the crazy ones”?
The top skill Google looks for in leaders? being a good coach
How good a coach are you? How many coaches do you have?
Movies with Meaning – Say Anything
Say Anything – movies about truth, integrity, honesty