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.
Choosing art that has meaning
Six months into a new house and my study is coming together, so it feels like the time to choose which artwork to put on the walls, for which I always have an emphasis on choosing art and objects in my sight line that have meaning to me. I love the work of Hugh McLeod...
Choosing art that has meaning
I always have an emphasis on choosing art and objects in my sight line that have meaning to me.
Culture is everything
Today a simple reflection. As my friend and mentor Suki Laniado Smith often taught me: “Culture isn’t one thing, its the only thing”, as similarly…
Early-stage companies – Invest in Culture and Leadership early
Within my readership, today I am particularly focussing on leaders of early-stage and fast-growth companies. Please give me some of your time.
CEO Whispering and Leadership Archetypes
Seven Leadership Archetypes (graphic representation (cc by) Tom McCallum) Chip Conley and I have both have in common that we have shifted our roles from being entrepreneurs and CEOs to supporting CEOs as leaders. I love the way Chip thinks, so today sharing a recent...
Self-Knowledge – 12 Levels of Friendship
Friendship Pyramid I loved a recent tweet from Taariq Ismail, which I've cut and paste here. He begins: In Arabic, there are 12 levels of friendship. Most of our 'friends' are level 5 or below, and many of us don't have a single level 12 friend Here are the levels:...
Consider saying no to opportunities
“The biggest fear most of us have with learning to say NO is that we will miss an opportunity. An opportunity that would have catapulted us to success, or that will never come again. And most of the time*, that simply isn’t true. I’ve found that the first part of...
Wisdom Insurance – the NBA’s Modern Elder
From an earlier post: 6 Components of Wisdom Love this from Chip Conley (past guest on WhatComeNextLive here) on his Wisdom Well blog ..let me introduce you to the Miami Heat who recently got knocked out of the NBA playoffs. At 40 years old, Udonis Haslem makes $2.5...
How do you really know if you are talking to an expert?
From the movie "Catch me if you can", story of world class "con man" Frank Abagnale, who then became a world-renowned expert on forgery. I am sure he ticked all five boxes in these questions! Loved a post on LI this week from Justin Megawarne who posed the question:...
Change your perspective – starting with the Caribbean
You can see the Caribbean is a big place, plus when you want to travel between islands, air service between islands often meant long days…
What Desire Paths can teach us about returning to the office
In short, I like the image and idea of desire paths to help us consider this, as well as those thoughts from Aaron Williams of…
Nudgestock: Hard sciences are easy, it is the soft ones that are hard
One key role for me with my clients is to help them see outside the hard sciences to the soft ones, to how people respond,…
Business is simple, people are complex
Business is simple, people are complex. Perhaps business is not quite simple, but where it comes down to hard numbers, it can be complicated, but…
Eating Pasta and the Art of Balance
Some whimsy to start your week. Balance in all things is an important part of self-leadership.