Can a year be a specific colour? Is this some sort of synaesthetic experiment? Well, not exactly. I have written several posts about BlueWater Books and also about the new creative project “Blue: experiments in sound”. So, the nearest I get to a resolution for the new year is to say that this is the … Read more
I read a couple of really interesting blog posts today. The first one was by Julian Stodd who worked with us a couple of months ago. In it he was talking about the way that we ‘meet’ with people being much more flexible these days. Having so many options to connect in virtual ways with … Read more
This week I have been spinning plates (the real thing, not a metaphor), dancing, acting, mime and singing. I have written poetry, developed brand materials, facilitated groups and drank some really nice red wine! Sometimes the team I work with has a week like the one that has just finished, where a number of different things … Read more
“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.” -Stephen Covey I came across Stephen Covey’s “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” quite late. In mid-career I was working for the NHS Modernisation Agency. This was a national organisation here in England which focused … Read more
This blog post begins with a quote from James Hillman who I wrote about recently in my series of posts about people who “inspire me. “We need to recall that we do not just make words up or learn them in school, or ever have them fully under control. Words, like angels, are powers which … Read more
There’s a plane that can be seen in the sky near where I live every few weeks. It belongs to Airbus and is used to fly aircraft wings from one of its factories near Preston to another in North Wales. The first time I saw this plane I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The … Read more
Over the last few days I have been reading the wonderful book by Chris Guillebeau called “The Happiness of Pursuit”. Yes, it’s a fantastic title for a book, and the contents live up to the title. Chris set out on a quest to visit all 193 countries in the world before his 35th birthday. Although … Read more
This week I have been recovering from an operation which has given me plenty of down time for reading. In just a couple of days I devoured a new biography of Robert Wyatt by Marcus O’Dair called “Different Every Time”. It’s a wonderful book – full of well researched insight into Robert Wyatt informed by … Read more
“In these troubled, uncertain times, we don’t need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone’s intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise.“ From the first time I read the work of Margaret Wheatley back in 2003 when I read her first book, Leadership and the New Science, I was … Read more
A few weeks ago I blogged about online learning and how incredibly interesting the current developments are in that field. I mentioned MOOCs and some of the online platforms providing opportunities to join virtual conferences, webinars etc. All fascinating stuff! This week we have been thinking about ways in which to take some of the … Read more