The most powerful force in the world is Hope. I am hopeful in this space, I do find multiple leaders to work with that believe…
Smashing Paradigms
Roe vs Wade, Lying Judges, and Hope
One example of what the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe vs Wade means.
What Paradigm could you Smash?
I encourage you to consider what paradigm you could smash, using a recent example of a smashed paradigm.
Will we be more global or more local? Both
Like many, I am thinking a lot about what our world will look like once we are on the other side of the pandemic. Will countries retrench to being more local or more global? From vacations to travel in general to supply chains, there is much consideration to...
What comes next – will you go back to the office?
After lockdown, will you go back to the office, or start working remotely? Last week I wrote about working from three time frames through the current environment: What Comes NowWhat Comes NextWhat Comes in the Future For many of us, we have been in lockdown anything...
To have fewer conflicts, disagree more
To have fewer conflicts, disagree more. Yes, really. So many organisations talk about "Conflict Resolution" around issues and relationships in the workplace. The thing is, conflict is such a strong word, with synonyms such as "war", "battle", "struggle", "clash",...
What if you were honest with your customers?
Are you, your business, your organisation, truly honest with your clients/customers about what you are truly offering them? Have you ever gone into a supermarket/grocery store simply to buy milk or bread and found you had to walk right to the back of the store for...
Flip your thinking – how long will you live?
Today sharing a story I first heard from Chip Conley sitting on the terrace at the Modern Elder Academy in Baja, days after meeting his amazing Dad. How long will you live? What type of life will you live? Society has deeply embedded structures and beliefs in so many...
Watch how radically taxes on the wealthy have fallen
FAIR is a core value for me. I also believe in Business as a force for good, hence the model I developed of the new triple bottom line, putting Purpose, People and Planet as the core drivers, whilst also focussing on making a Profit so as to Scale the Impact for all...
You are what you measure – so what do you measure?
"..the objective of economic policy should be collective well-being: how happy and healthy a population is, not just how wealthy a population is." ~ Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, TED Summit, Edinburgh, July 2019 As UK government and politics, in...
Do you shut down your office when it gets too hot?
Should offices shut down when it is too hot? If your staff are going to work less effectively and have a miserable time getting to and from work and being at work in a city not designed for high temperatures, consider this. overheated trains in nearly 40c temperatures...
Doing the right thing can make you more money
Imagine making more money by doing the right thing So last week I had a really good experience in reselling two concert tickets at their face value, an experience that chimed with my ultimate personal core value of FAIR. Let me tell you that story, then I will explain...
“WorkAnywhere”. Going beyond “Remote”
A wonderful depiction by Gaping Void of the core messages of the book "Remote" I strongly believe in remote working. However, today let me take it a level further. For now let's call it "WorkAnywhere", as the idea of remote working still implies a paradigm where...
Would you give your business away?
Would you give your business away? Well, Julian Richer just did. Let's look at that story today. This week, on the same day that the Institute of Fiscal Studies announced their major new study on inequalities, the IFS Deaton Review, Julian Richer announced he is...
When to fight, when to accept?
I recently learned a powerful lesson from someone close to me who has a disease that they are choosing how to address. They shared with me that they learned from their doctor that this was not something you "fight", as to approach it from a "fight" mindset means that...
Smashing Paradigms – Running a two-hour marathon
Today I’m inspired by Eliud Kipchoge, who on September 17, 2018 utterly obliterated the marathon world record, so have come back to the theme of Smashing…
Seeing gaps and learning from others
The view from the Eurostar area at Gare du Nord, and beyond those trains is the Thalys fast train and about 15 more platforms and then 8 mentor lines underground. Loved most of my life in the Americas, European rail infrastructure so different. Impressive....
Antarctica for a conference? Hell Yeah !
Antarctica? Conference? Hell YEAH! I’m going. Absolutely. Hell YEAH! Why Hell Yeah though? To answer that, let me take you back to a trip I…
How clean are your communications?
image from a SlideShare deck from OneFish TwoFish called "How to communicate values without telling people to 'live the values' " So, yesterday I wrote: "Be rid of Brilliant Jerks". I didn't say "Fire your Brilliant Jerks". So, how can you be rid of brilliant jerks...
Kintsukuroi – Leadership Lessons
Continuing a theme from this week's post "Beautiful words bring dimensions of meaning", today considering the Japanese art of Kintsukuroi and lessons that leaders can learn from it. So many entrenched organisational paradigms look to avoid breakdowns, mistakes, even...
Stretch but don’t break – and watch Nanette
"A leader is someone others choose to follow" ~ (me) People follow leaders who are "keepers of the vision" and who create and maintain a space where people feel inspired and also stretched to be their best to be part of achieving that vision. What if, however, a...
When you change the way you see things….
"When you change the way you see things....the things you see change" ~Dr. Wayne Dyer Each week I typically have at least ten 1:1 meetings, some with clients, some with mentees, some with new people, some with longtime friends, colleagues, past clients. This past...
Smashing Paradigms – Love of Liminality
Would you pay more, much more, for someone who takes less time than anyone else to provide you the answers and impact you seek ?
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?
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,...
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 ?
Smashing Paradigms – from Patron to Patreon
So what is safe ? Being an Artist. Seriously. Read on…
Smashing Paradigms – your Comfort Zone is no longer safe..wait, what ?
So what is safe? Being an Artist. Seriously. Read on…
Smashing Paradigms – Drink before you are thirsty
Good procrastination and identifying the “doesn’t matter” in your personal universe
Smashing Paradigms – Procrastination as a Good Thing
Good procrastination and identifying the “doesn’t matter” in your personal universe
Smashing Paradigms – Less is More
“In playing music, the virtuoso plays less, expresses more”.
Playing the unexpected chess move
How Grant Thornton changed the game of FTSE company audits with one statement
Smashing Paradigms – You can’t read the label
To go radical, you need to see outside the jar you’re in
Smashing Paradigms – When others Zig, you Zag
How much do you “think different”? Will you be remembered as others were in “here’s to the crazy ones”?
Smashing Paradigms – Surround yourself with people smarter than you are
Napoleon Hill on Master Mind and what it means to be educated. #SmashingParadigms
Smashing Paradigms – Trains without Timetables ?
What if leaders said “I was wrong” ? What could change (and yes, I will utter the words “gun control” here). Thanks to @chipconley @satyanadella…