Yesterday I went for a four-hour bike ride complete with probably the best breakfast roll anywhere. From the picture, I hope you will agree! This was a bit of a “carpe diem” ride, as in a few days time I will be having major surgery, for colon cancer. Yikes! To…

Carpe Diem is one of my favourite phrases, famously said by Robin Williams’ character in one of my very favourite films, Dead Poets Society, one I highlighted in an old “Movies with Meaning” post alongside Braveheart and Michael Clayton. Linked to that is the phrase “ No Ordinary Moments “…

The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it. Frank Herbert, Dune (1965) In working recently with a client, a thought…

This week I was on a group call with a network of coaches and found myself mentoring them around coaching skills as some of them had been on a multi-day coaching skills course. …

I’ve recently had the misfortune of an occurrence that means I am now living the adage: “into every life some rain must fall” with something unexpected and somewhat challenging occurring that is impacting me now and for a little time forwards. I am grateful to feel well resourced within myself…

A few days ago I wrote “ Are you willing to accept lower profits to be anti-fragile? “, noting: Resilience is to have minimal impact at times of “disorder”, whereas an anti-fragile organisation actively benefits from times of disorder….in order to be anti-fragile, one must first accept that this can…

Of late my theme for Sunday posts has been lightweight and eclectic, so hey, here is another! Recently I had the opportunity to introduce a young adult to the first in the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy, Batman Begins, now they want to watch all three of this amazing trilogy. To…

The war in Ukraine has reminded us how fragile our world is, and how fragile our business links are after more than a decade of private equity, stock markets, management consultants telling us to be “lean” and have “just in time” supply chains. While this has resulted in squeezing more…