If you have more than you spend, you’re rich. If you spend more than you have, you’re not. If you live cheaply, it’s easy to…
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What is the 10x thought I’m missing out on right now?
My brain is becoming clogged with routine thoughts, there is currently no space for deeper and wider thinking.
Want to solve a problem? Take a walk
In short, I believe in the power of taking a walk to solve problems. Enjoy your Sunday, and perhaps take a walk.
If all the barriers were gone, what would you do next?
If all the barriers were gone, what would you do next? A nudge onto the next step of the pathway for you.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing
As Master Stephen R. Covey might have said, sometimes “the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing”.
The only time share buybacks are ok
Share buybacks, though, as I will explain, are for the short-term, the antithesis of long-term investment of capital. So why are share buybacks booming?
Time can move at different speeds
Time can move at different speeds when moving forward instead of when we look back. Favourite tip for those leading change and beginning the journey.
Are you ready for Actionable Insight?
I specialise in providing Actionable Insight: giving you ideas that are authentic, creative, and relevant. Ideas that you can act upon right away.
What might your crystal ball be telling you right now?
What is my crystal ball telling me right now? Well, it depends on what area you ask me about, but I can tell you that…
Some goosebumps music for you
Music can be immensely powerful for me “feeling something”. Every time I listen to this track I get goosebumps. Every time.
Changing ways of working is caught not taught
Changing ways of working is caught not taught. It takes experimentation, practice, reflection, improvement and persistence.
Meeting Interesting People
Yesterday I had a day full of meeting interesting people, a day full of serendipities and flow. What will tomorrow hold?
What time is sacrosanct to you?
The term sacrosanct has come up a few times for me of late in talking to clients when they have talked about the value of…
Here’s to the crazy ones
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.The ones who see things differently.
Action is the great unsticker
Action is the great unsticker. Love it! How do you prefer to take action to unstick things?
Make the time to be more than a Hedgehog
“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” ~Archilochus
Never come in without knocking, unless there is a dog
For me, you can always disturb me… if there is a dog. I love dogs 🙂
Where do you sit when the game starts?
Jim: Where do you sit when the game starts? Sue: On the bench. Jim: So who makes all the decisions when the game starts? Sue:…
The first step in the UK solving their economic problems is to admit it has one
Whilst I study economics widely and internationally, I won’t delve deeper here into that. My point today is to reiterate the human behaviour issue, the…
What makes a fish clever?
Everybody is a Genius. But If You Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree, It Will Live Its Whole Life Believing that…
What would we need to have in order for us to truly trust each other?
This week I was reminded of the importance of finding the right balance between Trust and Transparency by my brilliant friend Dr Carrie Goucher.
Do you find it difficult being bored?
Do you find it difficult being bored? Allow yourself to be comfortable being bored.
So now ChatGPT seems to agree with me
My friend suggested I ask ChatGPT “about the vital importance of being Open & Humble, as well as Brave and Hungry”, so I did.
AI and the Price of Salt
Salt is essentially free. A bag of salted nuts is the same price (or less) as an unsalted one. But salt used to be expensive.
Must I write?
Confess to yourself in the deepest hour of the night whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.
If a tree falls in an AI forest will it make a sound?
There are no new ideas, simply iterations and evolutions of existing ideas. What is the gap, then, between humans and AI?
Disagreeing with ChatGPT on Open Leadership
The answer given by ChatGPT to the question: “What is Open Leadership and what are the four core traits of an Open Leader?” and some…
I’m back
After a pause of sixty days, I’m back. When I took a pause in daily posting on March 19th, it was simply an instinct to…
Taking a pause
I could push myself to continue to write every day. Instead I’ll simply pause.
Pendulums and our propensity to overcorrect
The key point of the pendulum as a device for considering leadership is that it does not return to centre, but instead will always overcorrect.
The Meaning of This is Water for Leaders
I have often referenced “This is Water” in other posts, so this time a post dedicated to analysing the importance of this speech for leaders.
Stop on Amber
Traffic laws in the UK state to stop on amber lights.
Happiness in the simple things
It is easy to take moments for granted, but we can choose to find happiness in the simplest of things.
Just start
Sometimes we procrastinate starting something, feeling the task will take longer and be harder than it ends up being. My advice? Just start.
Why write?
Only once I write can I actually also do something very important to me, which is to share what I learn. Write to discover your…
Allowing freedom from the discipline of “daily”
Sometimes by following my instincts, I have taken some breaks from the discipline of “daily” and skipped posting for a while.