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Leadership starts with Authenticity
We can all see through fakes pretty quickly. If you are being a fake, you also can't continue doing meaningful work for long if, at your core, you are compromising who you are. If you want to be a leader, someone others choose to follow, start with being your...
How do you build a movement? Patiently
Are you patient enough to lead transformative change slowly ? If not, I doubt you will succeed. Why ? read on.. and I’d love you…
Ikigai and Bacon Rolls
In the middle of October last year I went for my last bike ride of the season around Richmond Park and after that, I was inspired to write about Ikigai and Bacon rolls. I'm going to simply repeat the core of that post below. Please scroll down and read that first,...
Movies with Meaning – Leading through doubt
Weekly series. Do please send suggestions via email, twitter etc. You can send a theme and/or specific movies. Each week we feature three movies with meaning, so send in a movie with a sentence or two on the core meaning you take from it and a clip from the movie that...
Smashing Paradigms – Stop thinking your way to decisions!
Would you pay more, much more, for someone who takes less time than anyone else to provide you the answers and impact you seek?
Diversity and Culture – a lesson from an elite sport
Leadership lessons from an elite athlete in a pro sport. Which sport ? It may surprise you.
Leadership Superpower – Encouragement
Today a short post bringing awareness of a true leadership superpower available to all of us. "I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and...
Curiosity, a key to Leadership
Yesterday I wrote "Are you an Old or New Paradigm Leader?", encouraging you to look at whether you are aware of the goldfish bowl you are swimming in, and to look at new ways of leading. However, I also reflected on how difficult it is to see ourselves (and yes, trust...
Are you an Old or New Paradigm Leader?
Leadership is the overarching theme of my writing on this site. As part of this, I write every Friday an article on "Smashing Paradigms", looking to challenge my own thinking and to be of support to you in the same way. First, for clarity on the word Paradigm,...
Movies with Meaning – GDPR and Tough Decisions
Tough decisions are often tough as they fly in the face of advice and even legal advice.
Smashing Paradigms – the less time you take, the more you can charge
Would you pay more, much more, for someone who takes less time than anyone else to provide you the answers and impact you seek ?
Michael Jordan: I failed, that is why I succeed
I love this quote from Michael Jordan, as it speaks to "Deliberate Practice", a topic I wrote about yesterday, focusing on golf and Ben Hogan, as well as looking to prompt readers to consider where they are deliberate in what they do, whether it be in their personal...
Ben Hogan: Deliberate Practice
The summer I was 15, the weather in the Scottish Borders was beautiful (so my memory tells me!). That year I got the "bug" to play golf. Junior membership was almost free and I rode my bike to the club with an old "half set" of clubs and spent all day there most of...
Wait overnight before replying
Could you go a week waiting overnight before replying to email? What might you learn?
Whit’s Fur Ye’ll No Go By Ye
Whit’s Fur Ye’ll No Go By Ye – a resilience tool from Scottish grannies. Please share your simple tools for resilience in support of others
What is your 80 days?
On April 26th, I was at Gleneagles for a truly inspirational and world-class day at the Entrepreneurial Scotland annual conference, themed "Global Mindset, Scottish Heart”. The conference was opened by my friend, the truly inspirational Mark Beaumont, who just over a...
Smashing Paradigms – from Patron to Patreon
So what is safe ? Being an Artist. Seriously. Read on…
Ikigai, Presence.. Bucket Lists
Ikigai, Presence.. Bucket Lists, and 2001 A Space Odyssey
Open Leadership – Energy cannot be created or destroyed
Applying laws of physics to leading your people. What is your awareness of their energy, friction, resistance, alignment ?
Emotional Equations – from an Engineer
Last week I was at the inspiring Entrepreneurial Scotland Summit at Gleneagles. I love the idea of Emotional Equations (see the link to various posts featuring the concept here), as coined by Chip Conley in his book of the same name. At the event, the speakers were...
Smashing Paradigms – your Comfort Zone is no longer safe..wait, what ?
So what is safe? Being an Artist. Seriously. Read on…
Always be Batman
Sometimes I "face the blank page" as a writer, yet inspiration always comes and this site now has over 200 daily posts and I am only building more momentum. I love this meme and was reminded of it recently when a huge guy (at least 350lbs and 6 feet tall) sat down...
You can’t pour from an empty cup
Leaders manage their energy so as to be at their best for others.
Smashing Paradigms – Drink before you are thirsty
Good procrastination and identifying the “doesn’t matter” in your personal universe
Change your environment, change your outcomes
Nice view, wouldn't you say ? How about this eight second video to give you a fuller sense, including the sound of the surf on the beach. https://youtu.be/XFa71LH3r8A This stunning location is where this week I have had the awesome privilege to be part of the beta...
Writing I Love – We flatten the topography of their lives
I post every Tuesday on "Writing I Love" and every Wednesday on "Movies with Meaning". Why do I do this on a site with writings themed around leadership? As I wrote recently when reworking my home page : "I write daily posts highlighting various leaders, doers,...
Power of positive language – Hamba Kahle
When someone goes on a trip, do you automatically say “have a safe flight” ? Thoughts on the power of awareness around and use of…
Smashing Paradigms – Procrastination as a Good Thing
Good procrastination and identifying the “doesn’t matter” in your personal universe
Writing I Love – No Ordinary Moments
Musings on the power of making the most of every moment.
How is your heart ?
How is your heart doing at this very moment ? How is your Haal ?
On being without agenda
What happens when we don’t plan out everything in life but instead allow space for flow?
No such thing as an original idea
I believe that there is no such thing as an original idea, only riffs on a theme. Here I riff on “Less is More”
Smashing Paradigms – Less is More
“In playing music, the virtuoso plays less, expresses more”.
Listening, your Superpower
Sharing what I have learned around the power of deep listening.
Writing I Love – “Life is too short not to do something that matters”
A story of how this phrase became a reminder to do what matters for a cadre of amazing leadership growth programme alumni