I haven’t written here since last September because I have been preoccupied with the not insignificant task of figuring out how to semi-retire as well as I could and to begin to define what the new role of Chief Explorer is all about. There was a lot of the work involved in this that didn’t … Read more
This is the second in a series of blog posts about the major transition that I am working on at the moment. As the process evolves I will be sharing the different steps in the hope that it may be useful to other going through similar processes. The first part can be found here. Having … Read more
On 28th April my team met as usual for our Rehearsal Day, the time we take every six weeks to touch base and create new ideas together. We have been doing these days online, rather than face-to-face, since the beginnings of COVID in spring 2020. For this day I wanted us to spend some time … Read more
Should I take the job or stay where I am? Should I start the new project or is it too big for me to do alone? What’s the best way to figure out which decision to make – spend the budget or wait and see what things look like in a month? Sometimes the client … Read more
This is the third week I have set aside to write the next book. In the first week spent on “The Inner Fire: a coaching alchemy”, back in October of last year, the energy was spent reading and pulling together an outline. The second week in the cold and COVID lockdown of January, it became … Read more
[March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021] Lawrence Ferlinghetti died on Monday 22nd February 2021 at his home in San Francisco. He was 101 years old… Dear Lawrence I heard of your passing yesterday morning at the age of 101 in San Francisco, your home for many years. And I had to put words to … Read more
Working out loud: sharing the first few ideas about a new book. I began work on this in the last few months of 2020. A structure emerged, and deep into the research for the book, new ideas began to emerge which are now informing the outline and progress that I am making so far. It’s … Read more
Lives – Livelihoods – Lifestyles. Isn’t it clear where the emphasis should be? We can focus on saving lives. We can focus on saving livelihoods. We can focus on giving people back their lifestyles. These are inter-linked, but they are also a hierarchy. Making decisions in this pandemic is complex, but the drivers are there … Read more
Interesting isn’t it, the way that the days start to get longer once the shortest day of 21st December has passed here in the UK. It’s only noticeable when the sky is clear. Dour cloudy days don’t do it. Today was a balmy and sunny sort of winter day – and it was possible to … Read more
Towards the end of November last year, I took part in a Global Learning Summit run by my professional body, the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). It was a bold venture – run over 24 hours with three time zones identified on the basis that different clusters of people would access different zones based … Read more