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Tools to help you move slowly and consciously
Find certain things you can do slowly and consciously in your day that can help you focus more on whatever comes directly after that.
Short Speeches take longer
Love this and the associated blog from Sketchplanations Around six months ago I started working with a client on their long term strategy. The first draft they shared with me was around sixty pages long and the core points were very much buried within several sections...
We all need more Gorilla drumming in our lives
A story of how a Gorilla, drums, music and a ninety-second TV ad beautifully executed the brief of: “Eating Cadbury’s chocolate makes you feel good.”
Why do we retire?
Let us look at why we retire, why sometimes we can’t and then the question “why retire?”, for those who have the choice to continue…
The importance of marking occasions
This evening a client is taking me out for dinner to celebrate. I worked with them and their business extensively for around eighteen months up until the end of last year and, as we finished that engagement, they told me they wanted to take me out for dinner in the...
Did you have fun?
Don’t force your kids into sports. It’s the child’s desire to play that matters, not the parent’s desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep…
I don’t understand
Have you ever been presenting to a group and asked “does everyone understand?” and got a sea of blank faces?
Do you love Mondays?
Though Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats had their biggest hit with “I Don’t Like Mondays”, I don’t agree.
Music as part of our emotional toolbox
Music should provide us with “an emotional toolbox” to which we can turn at different moments of our lives.
Triangulate insights but don’t get in a triangle
I can “triangulate” to see insights that go beyond any individual or individual’s context or situation and so further support the entire organisation.
Over-communicate your message
Build a cohesive leadership team, create and over-communicate organisational clarity. Reinforce Organisational Clarity though Human Systems.
Time blindness and the power of presence
Time blindness and the power of presence: a look at how we can learn from neurodiverse prioritisation based on interest rather than importance.
Can you imagine a Blues Club with only white musicians?
A Blues Club with only white musicians is going to be limited in the musical variety and influences they bring to the audience.
In defence of non-interactive media
Whether a walk in nature, reading a book, watching a movie or any other of the wide variety of non-interactive media that are out there.
What a difference a day can make
I nearly used an image of my Wordle effort from today as a follow on from yesterday's post "I find being patient hard sometimes", where I shared my poor effort as an example of how I was struggling that day. Any slightly astute reader (and all my regular readers are...
I find being patient hard sometimes
I simply need to be patient. As the saying goes, “everything will be ok in the end, if it is not ok, it’s not the…
Going beyond genius by making it simple
I love to share what I learn and hope this story can help you unlock your own genius then take it up to the top…
Citizens: Doing something so big we need others to help us
This week’s #WhatComesNextLive guest was Jon Alexander, author of the soon to be released book “Citizens”.
Time to change what “winning” means in the game we call business
The "scale for impact" model, from the post "Leading from Purpose" ..the game we’re playing is by design failing people. And I am angry. At the person who tells me ‘competition in the market will sort it’. At the person who tells me ‘it’s too risky to serve...
Be careful of what you read into data
Today a story to remind us to be careful of what we read into data. It also serves as a reminder that "you cannot eliminate your biases" (an article I wrote some time ago on the topic of heuristics) and therefore how vitally important it is to develop strategies to...
Apple’s Philosophy: Empathy, Focus, Impute
Today a guest post from my dear friend and close colleague Alan Wick. Before that, though, a strong recommendation for his programme "The Business of Business". Alan's Purpose is "to inspire entrepreneurs who love what they do", and to this end, he launched this...
Babies are born with only one fear (and what that can teach leaders)
Babies are born with only one fear. A thought for this Sunday morning post. Do you know what that fear is? It is the fear of falling. As soon as I say this, people remember carrying a baby one time when they tripped and stumbled. A baby will always automatically tense...
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." - Benjamin Franklin One of the most treasured of all institutions in the UK and the crowning achievement and legacy of the post-WWII period known as "the post-war consensus": To some extent the Second World War...
Appreciating what we have
I’ve always been healthy, yet have never really taken time to appreciate that. My musings this morning then, are on appreciating what we have.
Wise books
Inspired by my friend Chip Conley, here are eight books I feel provide me with wisdom in and through life’s journey.
Will you make your vision a reality?
Entrepreneurs must have a “stretch” Vision to truly inspire, yet is means little if they don’t make it into a reality.
Simple rules turn desired behaviour into default behaviour
As it may benefit some, a few of my rules that I have added to over the years that shifted desired behaviour into default behaviour.
What are you excited about?
What are you excited about this year? To start off a walk with such a positive question is a conscious and expert choice.
Are you ready to jump over a black hole?
Why businesses get stuck in a “black hole” at predictable levels and then have the choice to “Jump”, if they are ready to do so.
What do you need to have a good day?
I had the opportunity to join Ian Sanders on a “Good Day Guided Walk” around the Soho area of London as part of a group…
Elite Mindset – Curiosity and Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly, now aged 81 and retired from stand-up comedy, is one of the greatest comedians ever, a masterful of what is called “observational comedy”.
The power of creating fresh perspectives via a weekly check-in
This picture illustrates that ability to bring a fresh perspective. I took this during that call while walking along a public footpath.
Alan Watts and knowing what is not so
Alan Watts, from the beautiful small hardback “There is never anything but the present – & other inspiring words of Wisdom”
What does “Massive Impact” mean for you?
This week I updated the wording on the home page of my site, with a focus on supporting leaders seeking to make a “Massive Impact”.
Making the possible easy
“Making the impossible possible, the possible easy, and the easy elegant.” – Moshe Feldenkrais