The impact the communities you are in have on you is dramatic. The impact you have on those communities is dramatic too. Iโve been in a group for 3 years now where acceptance, okayness, consideration and acting responsibly are key values. I know the group ownerโs values. I know how they think and feel and …
Why Leaders Need Safe Spaces to Grow There are times when we canโt cope. Times when – despite our best efforts – all has gone to sh*t and weโre done. Where do you go when you need to fall apart? You are fortunate if you have people who will accept you then, who will listen …
Tragically, 67 people died in a collision in the skies over Washington D.C. last week. It seems to have been a routine journey for everyone involved. They had plans which included a flight, they turned up, took off and never arrived at their destination. I know you too have given a moment to think of …
But when you examine how profit is actually calculated, you discover that there is no mention of environmental cost, human cost or community cost. Should there be? Is business responsible for the impact of what it produces beyond its profit/loss statement and balance sheet? Focus in on just the human cost for a moment. Cost …
๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐k ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐, ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก? Play is how we begin our lives as children – we spend untold hours entertaining ourselves in stuff (or at least, I and my generation did). We explored the world, tried things just to see what happened. We used out imaginations to create worlds and games and …
We are born having very simple needs – comfort, food, to be clean and safe and warm. Over time, we are “educated” into fast and thinking-is-king and that results are the only thing that matters. We lose that connectedness, slow and awareness of our bodies and feelings. We become wedded to the idea that happiness …
A recent post received a lot of responses. It was a thought experiment where a lower rate of return could be chosen to prioritise looking after people or a higher return that cost 1000 people their jobs. I speculated that the most common decision was the higher return regardless of the adverse impact to a …
Here’s a little thought experiment. Say you are a board member in the boardroom. There’s two proposals being put on the table. One proposal is going to make a return of 7% and it involves sacking 1000 people somewhere, closing down a location perhaps. Another proposal on the table which is going to make a …
I have a mission. Itโs huge. I have not spoken openly about this because I have been wanting to get the iโs dotted and the tโs crossed and all the details sorted out. Which of course is code for procrastinate. So I want to start writing about my mission just as it is now. Itโs …