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.
Calling Cayman Leaders
We are looking for Cayman leaders. Are you a Cayman leader whose "What's Next?" is to lead brave and massive change for yourself, your business, your organisation, our country? Timing is often everything, this may or may not be for you right now, but if you feel drawn...
Calling Cayman Leaders
We are looking for Cayman leaders whose “What’s Next?” is to lead brave and massive change for yourself, your business, your organisation, our country.
Stay with problems longer
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.Albert Einstein The most important and foundational skills often take time and persistence, lots of it. My formal education went through to age 24 when it culminated qualified as a Chartered...
How do you decompress?
Cooking can be a form of decompression In 1989 I moved to the Cayman Islands, one of the global centres for scuba diving, so naturally, I learned to dive right away. One of the things you learn very quickly in the extensive safety training is all about the need to...
Marking moments with place
What a view! In this world we currently live in where we "meet" online so much, this week I had a powerful reminder of how a place can mark a moment. First meetings and place I like to start work with new clients by taking half a day with them in their home town, yet...
Enabling Constraint
While the very concept of a constraint that enables may feel like a contradiction, creating the right type of constraint can be very powerful. “What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.”Dwight D. Eisenhower Time and time again I've...
WhatComesNext.Live – Creating Opportunities
Mark Beaumont Yesterday afternoon my dear friend Mark Beaumont was kind enough to "go first" and be my very first guest on WhatComesNext.Live. For the full half hour conversation on YouTube, follow this link. For Mark's inspiring and wise final remarks, including how...
Who is helping you make your strategy elite?
If you are ready to make changes, it is key to design, build and implement your strategy for and beyond the "window for change". Last week I wrote: "the window for change is closing", recommending: "If you can see radical changes you want to make, make them now,...
Listening is difficult
Hearing happens when we’re able to recognize a sound. Listening happens when we put in the effort to understand what it means. Yesterday I wrote: "Listen to the narrative of the other". I have been following Seth Godin and been a subscriber to his daily posts for well...
Listen to the narrative of the other
Let us listen to the narrative of the other. Let us hear the version of the other. At times there is so much ugliness in humanity, often expressed in how we separate from each other, whether individually or in constructs such as tribes, religions, nations, race. It is...
Maybe now is not the time?
Now may not be the time to pause. Rob Poynton Am excited for the launch of our new weekly podcasts, recorded live each Tuesday afternoon UK time. For full show information and listings, visit WhatComesNext.Live. At the time of writing our first nine weekly guests are...
The window for change is closing
"The window for change is closing" I came out with this phrase earlier this week when talking to a client I am working with to make changes to some deeply ingrained ways they run their business. As with so much, those patterns had slowly and gradually evolved over...
If you can’t change the lens, change the language
the late, great, "yoda", Ed Percival Today is the fifth anniversary of the passing of my greatest mentor in life, Ed Percival. Naming a core page on this site BeMoreYou was done is in his memory. Ed was a real master of language, so I thought of him yesterday when in...
An overnight success is ten years in the making
Yesterday I wrote: "Nobody wants to get rich slow", focussed on what it takes to build something of lasting value. In short, it takes patience as you work on the "source" elements that will build the foundation for the "outcome" you seek. Later that day, having...