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Give yourself time to think

Give yourself time to think

Socrates, one of history's great thinkers. If you feel you do not have enough time to think, look to consciously create time. I promise you it has power when built into your routine and structure. “My working habits are simple: long periods of thinking, short periods...

A vision of a 15-minute Workplace

A vision of a 15-minute Workplace

From 1925: Maximum Distance for Community Facilities. De Chiara & Lee Koppleman Imagine for a moment a “15-minute Workplace” vision where a network is created that allows you to work no more than 15 minutes from home. The idea of a "15-minute city", a new urbanism...

Life. It goes on

Life. It goes on

The Holstee Manifesto “In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.”Robert Frost I'm a very positive, energetic, and optimistic person, someone others look to for positivity and leadership. However, yesterday morning I woke up and,...

Be the thermostat

Be the thermostat

Thermometers react to their surroundings. A Thermostat reads and regulates its environment. A Thermostat embodies equanimity. Later today my guest on WhatComesNextLive is Scott Perry of Creative on Purpose. As I am fond of saying, "people are my library" and I love to...

How well can you read people?

How well can you read people?

How well can you read people? How well do you read expressions, and how well can you read people beyond their expressions? Is this expression: Embarrassment? Fear? Sadness? Surprise? So much of our communication goes beyond words to our tone of voice and our...

Everyone is (not) rational

Everyone is (not) rational

Today, for our Sunday musing, am sharing a brief daily blog from Seth Godin, and one that is resonant to two themes I often write around. Also, with that inspiration, first sharing several prior posts of mine, some with music, some film, some are simply words,...

How to slow down ageing

How to slow down ageing

The three legs to slow down ageing for me are: Intellectual Curiosity, Physical Stretching, and Emotional and Spiritual Development. Sorry, no miracle "elixir of youth" panacea here, simply a though centred on the old leadership idea of the "three-legged stool". That...

Stop selling cheap steaks

Stop selling cheap steaks

for the full story, visit Sketchplanations Today let me talk to you about cobras, selling cheap steaks, and so how to address perverse incentives. The cobra effect First, the cobra effect story as illustrated by Sketchplanations above and for their full story, visit...

Focus on Intrinsic Value

Focus on Intrinsic Value

To begin, I write daily and don't edit my posts either as I write or afterwards. Some age well, some may not. Here on April 12, 2021, as we have mania around BTC and NFTs and more, I nail my colours to the mast and recommend you focus on intrinsic value. The other day...

Inspire, be Inspired

Inspire, be Inspired

I seek to inspire others in life and in my work. Spend more time with those that inspire you. My favourite "virtuous circle" image from Hugh McLeod, a print hangs in my office Last Friday evening, late in the evening (from 8 pm to 10 pm my time), I sat at my desk for...

Choose, then choose again

Choose, then choose again

from the author of my favourite book, "Man's Search for Meaning", written about here "Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedom - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." - Viktor...

Have you cancelled your Uber account yet?

Have you cancelled your Uber account yet?

from Techno Window on youtube From today Uber drivers in the UK will be paid holiday time, automatically enrolled into a pension plan, and guaranteed to earn at least the National Living Wage. Drivers are an essential part of our everyday lives and we are proud to be...

Are you ready to ride the Monster Waves?

Are you ready to ride the Monster Waves?

Photo: Luis Ascenso CC BY 2.0 Monster waves birth in the open ocean, but tectonic business waves begin with consumer spending. Are you or will you be ready to ride the Monster Waves? The massive waves of Portugal are a function of the Nazaré Canyon, a submarine...

Daily-ish and being Flawsome

Daily-ish and being Flawsome

Flawsome - An individual who embraces their flaws and knows they are awesome regardless. I post every day. Every. Single. Day. Sometimes people will even say to me "Daily, that is awesome!". I accept their acknowledgement, then might say, "thank you for that, and I'd...

Creative Constraints:  Tenner and 10x

Creative Constraints: Tenner and 10x

On numerous occasions I have written from different directions around the idea of creative constraints. Thoughts on "Tenner", now called the 10x Challenge. Yesterday, in response to a post about the need to and power of accepting difference in the school education...

Create Boundaries, then Improvise

Create Boundaries, then Improvise

Without clear boundaries, empowerment and the open sharing of thoughts, individuals will not feel safe to improvise and moments will not be seized. Kathryn Chapman, self-portrait(c) Kathryn Chapman Photography I deeply appreciate the amazing people I meet and get to...

Skin in the game and empathy

Skin in the game and empathy

Create alignment to serve both your customer's needs and those of your business. Make sure both you and they have skin in the game. “Do not pay attention to what people say, only to what they do, and to how much of their necks they are putting on the line”from "Skin...

Values are stronger than fears

Values are stronger than fears

The #OpenLeadership model People think fear is a strong motivation but that's because there's typically nothing opposing it. Someone who has strong values will endure astounding fear and discomfort in the service of their goals. Values are stronger than fears.Donald...