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.
Just ride
Yesterday was a personal blog, "Go Easy", where I noted a feeling of anxiety and low-grade depression as I await the 1st-anniversary colonoscopy after my colon cancer last year. After writing that early in the day, I knew I had a bunch of things to do, from cleaning...
Just ride
Simply knowing I would go for a ride later in the day lifted my mood for the day and allowed me to focus. Thank you,…
Story time. The hat that caused chaos
photo : Cayman Compass Chaos? A hat? Yes, a hat. Not even a hat, a latex swim cap. Trouble, you say, what do you mean trouble? Chaos! International incident! (well, nearly 🙂 ) Pull up a chair, I'm going to share a story in writing I've told many times. Perhaps it has...
Captain Kel – Seize the Day
Cayman Airways pilots Kel Thompson and Steven Coe In writing another article on "Leadership lessons from a Swim Referee" I was reminded of something a mentor and dear friend often said to me. Captain Kel Thompson described being a commercial pilot as "endless hours of...
Leadership lessons from a Swim Referee
Leadership Lessons from a swim referee
Are you a Ford or a Ferrari?
I love to support and to work with a person who is a "Ferrari". Read on, and if you recognise yourself here, I'd love to talk to you and support your journey. This can start with a call, a cup of coffee, and out of this I know we will connect you to something in and...
Investing in time to make an impact
Perhaps things could truly change if we choose to "invest in TIME.. to make an impact". Recently I wrote about a quote from a report on CEOs that said : "Leaders of industry [are] extremely bad at thinking" Today I was speaking with a friend who I regard as one of the...
Not all those who wander are lost
When you wander, are you lost, or is that where the magic happens ?
To burn out or to fade away?
To burn out or to fade away? Remember, “life is just a ride” #BillHicks
Keeper of the Vision
I'm about to give you the sum total of all my learning on leadership from many decades of devoted work, research, curiosity etc Want the secret to great leadership? The role of a leader is a one-line job description : Keeper of the Vision That is it. Simple. Nothing...
Take time to think
“Leaders of industry are extremely bad at thinking”, are you?
What happens when we find silence?
I recently read Silence in the age of noise by Erling Kagge, and a couple of themes came out for me. One was that while yes, we can find near-absolute silence by heading out into the wilderness, silence is available to us at any time, in any place. The key is to...
What does silence mean to you?
In my last article, Power of Silence, I began to muse on silence and what being silent opens up to you. In chatting about this with my wildly polymathic friend Maeve Gillies, she sent me this link to a musical work by John Gage called 4'33". Over four minutes of...
Power of Silence
I'm exploring the concept of silence, including reading this book : The author once spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica with no radio and I'm fascinated by his observations on silence. To me it is far deeper than being in nature, it is about silence within...