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.
Slower in September
Life goes through different seasons. As an "empty nester", I choose to avoid taking trips in the middle of summer so as to avoid the crowds. From a work front, the "back to school" energy often means events, meetings and workshops happening after the summer in...
Slower in September
I began September with the Craigberoch Decelerator on the Isle of Bute. September, therefore is both slow and full for me.
“Nobody wants to get rich slow”
Nobody wants to get rich slow. “Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”Warren Buffett Also, upon being asked: "You’re one of the richest people in the world, and how you explain what you do, it’s so simple. Why doesn’t...
Innovate with what you have
Sunrise at Callanish - (c) https://www.saga-photography.de/ Innovation is simply doing things differently and doing different things My simple definition of innovation. It can be as easy as working with what you have available to do things differently. Today let's...
Everything depends on the individual human being
My favourite Frankl quote At this time of crisis and division among people, a Sunday morning is often a time where I reach to great thinkers for wisdom that both makes me think and reminds me to have hope. As I have written about before, the book that has means the...
A cautionary tale for your weekend pleasure
from "Cautionary Tales", a podcast series by Tim Harford "A cautionary tale for your weekend pleasure". Language is fascinating, eh? Am sure that title felt like an odd combination to you, perhaps compelling you more than usual to open this particular daily post?...
The opposite of love is indifference
"It's better to feel pain, than nothing at all. The opposite of love's indifference." - The Lumineers Yesterday I wrote "I didn't know", really asking fellow white people who do indeed care enough about anti-racism to question why they "didn't know" up until recently...
“I didn’t know”
Bring awareness to why you are saying it if you find yourself saying "I didn't know" to someone on the receiving end of bias. Look both to why you didn't know, and then to why you are saying it to them. Today we learned that the UK Foreign Secretary "didn't know" what...
A simple idea that could change so much
Ah, the joys of commuting Today I'm going to share with you one tiny and easily accepted change that has the ability to radically change and ease the way you and those you lead do your work. Why now? Well, we have known for years that there are so many entrenched...
The story behind WhatComesNext.Live
WhatComesNext.Live is a podcast recorded and broadcast live. On each show our guest first shares their story, then together we seek to draw out actionable insights, through exploring the intersection of first having the vision to see what comes next, then finding...
The immense value to Freedom of Place
Covid-19 has taught us the value of something we never noticed before. There isn’t only a value to freedom of time. There is also immense value to freedom of place.Rory Sutherland, writing in The Spectator "Have you caught the remote-working bug?" As the world of work...
“the least racist is still racist”
Awareness is the greatest agent for change. So many white people suddenly waking up the last two weeks and educating themselves. Would that more had chosen to be open to uncomfortable truths earlier, yet grateful so many are seeking to learn and listen and more at...
A weekend pause
Remember to take a weekend pause now and then. There are long pauses such as the world being on pause for about three months of lockdown. There are also micro-pauses such as when we think of something to say when listening to someone else, then check ourselves and...
Tell the world why you are doing what you are doing
Do you know why you are doing what you are doing? Share it with the world. This morning I woke up to a tweet from Do Lectures asking us to: Tell the world why you are doing what you are doing My purpose is #MakingPotentialPossible. It has always been deep inside me to...