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Where much of what we accumulated dissolves
If you are at the stage of life where you have the choice to let much of what you have accumulated to dissolve, I encourage…
Are you ready to unearth your hidden assets?
If you are ready to unearth your own hidden assets – what can drive up your “M”, your multiple – I’d love to help you…
Who could you teach?
Each opportunity I have to teach is also one where I learn. What and who could you teach?
Invest in your Foundations
What do you need for your foundations, and could you focus more on how and what you invest in them?
How do you keep your mental muscles moving?
What do you do to keep your own mental muscles moving? Stay curious, learn widely, and keep practices of learning in different and eclectic ways.
Would you WNH?
Would you WNH – Work Near Home. An idea I’ve been thinking about for some years and is waiting to happen, particularly in commuter towns.
Life is so subtle sometimes
Life is so subtle sometimes that you barely notice yourself walking through the doors you once prayed would open.
Elite Lessons – Leading Change
He sees a vision for change, is committed to it, knows he needs to talk to everyone in the business.
The Quieter You Become, The More You Can Hear
The title that Chip Conley gave to a recent blog post jumped out at me: “The Quieter You Become, The More You Can Hear”.
How to be a Superforecaster
Regular readers will know that I write often about these and related topics. Am I a Superforecaster myself?
Physics, Biology, Economics and Leadership
In Economics, this falls squarely into the field of Behavioural Economics, and I hold Rory Sutherland and his way of thinking about the world in…
Make it crazy to choose anything else
What would we need to do to make it crazy to choose any alternative to going by train?
Test stupid things
One gem he noted was the importance of allowing ourselves to “test stupid things”, don’t just test the things we are pretty sure will work.
Do not turn off your instincts
When we are taught the “rules” of economics we are told to “turn off your instincts” and act as if those rules always apply, always…
Listen to the poets
David McWilliams’s core message is “Listen to the Poets, not economists like me”, so I smile noting I’m in Kilkenny at Kilkenomics, listening to economists!
The craic will be mighty!
The craic will be mighty!
Land the plane
Consider how different your experience of the world might be if you engaged in every activity with the attention you might give to landing a…
Be Curious and Learn Widely
Learning widely aids the ability to both imagine and to connect the dots. To be imaginative takes a variety of thinking and voracious curiosity in…
Different forms of intelligence
The truth is, there are different forms of intelligence. Multiple paths to wisdom. And information is not the same thing as knowledge.
Choosing art that has meaning
I always have an emphasis on choosing art and objects in my sight line that have meaning to me.
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.
What’s in my bookcase?
I recently did a little circular economy upcycling: bought a used bookcase and painted it! Now I have a home for a bunch of my…
Memory Matters
Memory matters. What we cannot remember we cannot possibly repair and what we cannot repair we are bound to repeat, again and again.
Can leaders coach their team too ?
Is it possible for the leader of a team to be an effective Team Coach? Being an open leader includes modelling and being the attributes…
Read great books twice
The list of great books I have read twice is long, so today I will give you some that I have read more than twice,…
Time can be irrelevant
Sometimes I will provide clients with lots of my time, and sometimes they won’t need that much. As Rick Rubin notes “the amount of time…
Four characteristics of systems change makers
Four characteristics of systems change makers: system thinker, leader and storyteller, designer and maker, connecter and convener.
I feel immensely rich right now
I am often immensely rich, not in money, but rich because I have found my metier, something I can devote myself to heart and soul.
Write what you don’t know
Write what you don’t know yet. Write what you sincerely care about. Write what your heart boldly tells you to write even though your mind…
Invest in relationships, authentically
Always be authentic. Invest in relationships. Be curious about others. Look to help them where your abilities and expertise can be of service.
Everything is Interconnected
A concise definition of Complexity Leadership: Everything is interconnected, and it is all about relationships.
The best teams make more mistakes
The best teams make more mistakes. We must be unafraid to admit mistakes and to commit to improve in the future.
Innovation Inbuilt
Read the small print on the bottom right of this screenshot. 1,725 units built in 40 weeks. That’s two high-rise towers, the taller being 45 storeys…
What does it mean to be a Coach?
A Coach sees the Creator essence in those they support and holds them as ultimately resourceful and resilient.
Loving Complexity
I love complexity and so listen for what is at the heart of the problem a client talks about, which then always seems to help…