“It was the best of times and the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the…

As leaders we want our people to be engaged, motivated, feel valued and do vibrant work. We also want them to be present whether remotely and on-line, or physically in the office space, and be able to step-up to the plate in the new hybrid way of working which so…

“Give me a place to stand and I will move the world” Archimedes 15th Century Flanders Our story starts here and “Plus est en vous” translates into English as, “There is more in you”. It was the motto of the influential 15th-century noble family the Van Gruuthuuse, who lived in Flanders, now Belgium. …

Autopoiesis, tells us that people are only interested in what they are interested in. (1.) What If? “Nothing’s the same. Everything’s different. Everything’s the same. Nothing’s different.” What if nothing is different when the surge cedes, the waves abide and fewer and fewer of us are touched by this remorseless virus? I…

Well, it has very little to do with truth or logic, but a lot to do with language. And if it isn’t the intention, it very much is the impact! The use of catastrophising language impacts on mental health and the aftershocks from the resulting trauma may be felt for…

“As Leaders, we need a lake five miles wide and 25 miles deep!” [Tweet This] Las Fallas “Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.” Ellis Peters At 2PM every day throughout March the town square of Spain’s third city is witness to an intense firework display and the acrid smell…

New Year, New Goals, New Ways — #Mindfulness2022! “Without a dream there is no reality” [Tweet This] Day-in day-out we live 86,400 seconds and take around 22,000 breaths. We also check our phones on average 221 times a day. Perhaps read one or more of the four million blogs uploaded every 24 hours? …

After Two Years Of COVID_19 What Do Leaders Now Need To Learn To ‘Burn Bright, Not Out?’ First Things First Today we are living with the: Discombobulating effects of a Coronavirus Pandemic; the Staggering impact of a growing Mental Health Crisis Galloping Inequality; & Plummeting Social & Political Trust. And during the current Coronavirus Pandemic we have all become crisis managers, whilst some of us have been leaders in a…

“Moon-Shot Thinking is not about making a 1% or even a 10% improvement, it’s improving things tenfold (or 10x).” What’s Going On? Stories begin where they begin for a reason. So, how do you sculpt an elephant from a block of marble? If as the character Dr Pangloss says in Voltaire’s satire l’Optimisme, ‘Candide’, “Everything is possible in the best of all possible worlds”, how then is this possible?