This is the first of a series of 8 posts looking in more detail at the importance of core values to guide the way we work: Over recent years, I have become more conscious of the underlying drivers to the way that I work. For example, when making complex decisions where there is no right … Read more
I have the sort of job where the best comes from conversations with people I come across in the day to day muddle of meetings. A lot of the meetings I have with people are very focused and clear. There is a set agenda of items or issues to be discussed. But sometimes – when … Read more
It’s the start of a new year and I am thinking about ways in which I can lift my focus for 2014 and achieve some of the goals that I set towards the end of 2013. I don’t do resolutions. You will have seen hundreds of posts on the net in the last week or … Read more
This is a very short post, because I just stumbled across a quote which I captured some months ago (back in April, if you want more accuracy). I’ve kept a journal since I was in my teens. In it I put ideas, notes, thoughts, lists. Anything that will be useful. Sometimes it’s random thoughts that … Read more
I’ve just been skimming back through some of the Seth Godin books I have read in the last couple of years. I found this quote in “Poke the Box”: “Isaac Asimov wrote and published more than 400 (!) books by typing nonstop from 6 am to noon, every day for forty years.” And that helps … Read more
A sliding scale between emergence and certain outcomes – what do I mean by that? It’s an ongoing battle in my work at the moment. At one end of the extreme is the economically determined need to demonstrate clear outcomes, value for money, return on investment. At the other end of the spectrum is the … Read more
Facilitation as an Extreme Sport – Open Space Technology (OST) This is another guest post by Su Fowler-Johnson. A couple of weeks ago Su was the Facilitator for a one day event which my team ran in the North West of England. It was an amazing event – Su talks about the way it was … Read more
It begins like this, yes, a small kiss then everything comes into gentle focus each twist of the lens just a speck of dust, then we must remember why we are here, set out in previous lives Sometimes the external structures which we place on things can really help us to be more creative. … Read more
This is a guest post by Su Fowler-Johnson. You can find out more about Su here: Gravitas… How do you know if you’ve got it? Answers on a post card please. I’ve been through a really interesting process recently. When I say interesting of course what I really mean is… the kind of process or experience … Read more
