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.
I’m out of office.. fully
After today I'm going on vacation, back online on October 4th (yes, my birthday, for those who know me well!). No, I won't use the out-of-office email message above, one I featured in a post three years or so ago called "Why do people set out of office emails". I...
I’m out of office.. fully
No, I won’t use the out-of-office email message above, one I featured in a post three years or so ago called “Why do people set…
Don’t go looking for answers
Don't go looking for answers, be open to them coming to you This and numerous other insights came from the fifth (so far) WhatComesNextLive show yesterday with Steve Chapman. (the reference above is an obscure Wittertainment one and links to both a Keanu Reeves...
Stop waiting for the perfect moment
Perfection is the enemy of progress. Simply act when conditions are right and stop waiting for the perfect moment. GBP-USD has moved from a low of 1.23 to..over 1.28 in the last month This is yesterday's GBP-USD FX chart for the last month. Nearly a month ago I moved...
Tikkun Olam. How do your actions repair the world?
Tikkun Olam is a concept in Judaism, often interpreted as the aspiration to behave and act constructively and beneficially. Tikkun Olam Am musing on this Hebrew term, broadly meaning, dating back to some of the most ancient Jewish teachings, any activity...
The unit of reading is a chapter
Consider that the ‘unit of reading’ is not ‘the book’. It’s the chapter. Books are just convenient ways of keeping chapters around the house in neat bundles. Throwback photo to me reading my my hammock in Cayman. A favourite author, with the title a lyric from my...
WhatComesNext.Live – who would you see as a guest?
Looking for a dynamic guest to appear on WhatComesNext.Live. By now I hope some regular readers have tuned into one or more of our first WhatComesNextLive shows. These half-hour 1:1 conversations do go out live each Tuesday at 17:00 UK time, then are available via the...
Dictum Meum Pactum
Dictum Meum Pactum is written on the London Stock Exchange Coat of Arms. This translates to "My word is my bond". London Stock Exchange - Coat of Arms The London Stock Exchange, dating back to 1801, was granted their coat of arms, above, in 1923. Dictum Meum Pactum....
What can I do to support you to do the best work of your life?
What can I do to support you to do the best work of your life? Yesterday Oli Barrett asked a question on twitter: https://twitter.com/OliBarrett/status/1285897472846499840 For the full post by Oli, LinkedIn users can see it here. This brought me back to a quite...
Understand what you need
Understand what you need. Yesterday at 4 pm UK time (8 am on the West Coast), as we have done every week since returning from the Modern Elder Academy in April 2018, our cohort from that week met for a "Zoom circle". 4pm. Every Tuesday. For an hour. A circle simply...
I don’t do deadline-based work
I don't do deadline-based work. But there is one piece of deadline-based work I do continue to do. This blog. Sometimes inspiration comes and I schedule posts days in advance, most of the time I write them the night before, sometimes first thing in the morning....
Writing a book in slow motion
I'm writing a book in slow motion and have been for many years. What do I mean and what have I learned from this? To begin, back in November 2018, I wrote a "long read" called: "slow motion multitasking", in part of which I shared thoughts from Tim Harford around...
Lazy Sunday
Over 1,000 daily posts in a row. Some are short and make one or two simple points, some are curated from others, some are long and indepth with many linkouts. Once in a while, though, I feel to simply model what I encourage leaders to do for themselves, which is to...
How leaders win the hardest battle
Ben Brabyn At the top of the Writing page on my site, it says: "I get my best ideas from listening to people". Over the last few years, high on that list of people to listen to is Ben Brabyn, our regular meetups have always been high points in my diary. Always...