There are two principles which have helped me to increase my productivity recently. They occurred to me during a coaching session. The inbox isn’t our work For those of us who spend a lot of time working with email it is easy to become caught up in the illusion that the inbox is the workplace. … Read more
Active Living Dispositions Archetypes, as they manifest themselves in organisations, are not illusory qualities; they are not some apocryphal acts of the imagination. They have a reality and substance in the greater community of the people who comprise the organisation. They are active living dispositions which impact on our everyday life. Let us stop for … Read more
… from the latest poetry sequence (still unfinished) called ‘Scrapes against the Soul’ The conversations the night sea has with the dawn Leave an empty hissing through the sea weed, as if Everything had left the world in solitude… And my heartbeat can be heard beneath the lap of waves Quickened by the memory of … Read more
What do I mean by ‘Reflective Practise’? This is the regular habit of asking yourself questions about how you are going about your work, your daily habits of living. Finding the opportunity to step back, and take a critical (but positive) look at what is working, what is not working, and what the key learning points … Read more
BUGS & BUZZES – an ice-breaker exercise for a group meeting. What it does This is a great warm-up exercise for the beginning of a group meeting. It can also be used in a one-to-one situation. In a group, it will change the atmosphere in the room and create a co-operative energy to prepare for … Read more
… from my latest collection of poetry, called ‘Scrapes against the Soul’: Sonnet Now you know why I spent my twenties crying, Aching for some meaning beyond empty Atheist life of wonder, wandering, A lost corn-circle waking, open third eye When I close my eyes I can still see through Where I see the spiritual … Read more
Many of you will already be aware of a book by David Allen called ‘Getting Things Done’. This book, published in 2001 has become something of a phenomenon over the years. Allen has gone on to publish a couple of other books which build on the concept. The approach, ‘How to achieve stress-free productivity’, is … Read more
I am fascinated by the fact that many musicians as they develop their career become very interested in curating their archive. I’m thinking particularly of people like Robert Fripp (King Crimson) and Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, No-Man, Bass Communion). In both cases, they have been keen to ensure that they own the property rights of their work. They have … Read more
It was 1997. I had heard of the concept of a Learning Set. It was something that appealed on a number of levels. For example, the idea of a community in action is one where it is possible to build links, to establish a ‘fraternity’ which can provide mutual support to managers who can often … Read more
This post describes a technique which I developed a few years ago as part of my PhD thesis: The work of the Archetypal Psychologists was grounded heavily in the culture and ethos of the renaissance, particularly the Italian Renaissance. For example, James Hillman and Thomas Moore both make frequent references to the work of Marcilio … Read more