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.
The perfect brand expression
I hope you enjoy the photo above as a Sunday morning chuckle! As some may know, I worked for years in the space of brand and love this and many other areas of marketing, though yes, mostly on Brand (who you are) rather than Branding (how you show the world who you...
The perfect brand expression
As some may know, I worked for years in the space of brand and love brand expression and many other areas of marketing.
Coaching Tip: Choose Empathy over Sympathy
Sympathy means “I feel what you feel”, whereas Empathy means “I get what you feel”. Choose Empathy over Sympathy.
How will you know if someone welcomes your hug?
As people begin to meet up in person, for those of us who love to give and receive hugs, how do we know if people…
Becoming the person you need to be
I had this artwork created for me by Hugh McLeod of Gaping Void. With the words “Becoming the person you need to be… is an…
Can you listen without judgment?
Coaches listen, am sure you know that is part of the role, but how clear are you (are all of us!) on what it really…
Take your Time, Give your Time
Inspired by a short post from Seth Godin, today a thought. I give my time to a lot of people, I love to do so. However, in order to be able to do that, I also have to be rigorous about not allowing people to take my time. Oh, and those who read regularly know I do...
When to keep a tradition, when to change it
So this weekend summer finally arrived in the UK. I put a hammock up and deeply enjoyed lying in it for a time to relax. To me I've always loved hammocks, always loved lying in them to celebrate summer weather (or, tbh, "christmas breeze" weather in Cayman when it is...
Slow it down
Slow it down, Angie come back to bedRest your arms, and rest your legsSlow it Down - The Lumineers A three day weekend here. I've chosen to slow it down this weekend, plus to simplify. No planning, no lists of things to do. Summer has belatedly arrived here in London,...
A few “mixing desk” thoughts
Nearly three years ago, in "Learning from The Beatles – “Mixing” your Leadership", I wrote: In supporting leaders over many years, I love to distil to simplicity, to allow them to focus on their priorities, their message, their context. As Da Vinci said: “Simplicity...
Will I be doing it better? or simply differently?
If you find yourself as a leader seeking to let things go, to delegate to others, yet when it comes to it you still feel the need to "just take a look at it", to put your stamp on it, to "approve it before it goes out", then perhaps you are, well, simply human! I...
Determine roles first, then fit people to them
When building a business, determine the roles the business needs, then fit, develop, hire the right people to fit those roles. Sounds obvious? Well, it is, and it works, yet it seems so often that businesses default to the reverse, assessing individuals first, then...
Outsiders outside
Roland Harwood and I, is this summer thinking about finally starting? Yesterday I met up in person outside (do you know the location?) for a random coffee with the founder and leader of the We are Liminal community, Roland Harwood. We talked about Liminality, with a...
Changing your perspective by changing your timeframe
The last stars will die out 120 trillion years from now (at most) followed by 10^106 years of just black holes. Condensed, that's like the universe starting with 1 second of stars and then a billion billion billion billion billion billion billion years of just black...