Share Imagine if I said “I’m a unicorn” to you and then started making unicorn noises and galloping around. You’d think I was pretty strange, wouldn’t you? (and that’s putting it mildly). Yet, we say other equally untrue and bizarre things to ourselves every day. “I’m not good enough”, “I’m nothing special”, “I don’t deserve [...]
Share This year I’ve undergone what I can only describe as a profound awakening. A year ago, I took The Landmark Forum, a weekend course which transformed my life in ways that I never imagined. For me, it made me see that I’ve gone around my whole life adding meanings to life, and that those [...]
Share Our experience of ourselves and the world is shaped by what we believe to be true about who are are as human beings. There are cultural and societal conversations about what a human being is capable of that we absorb, make our own and live inside of. Before Roger Bannister ran the 4-minute mile, [...]
Share When the ashes clear from this economic Armageddon, the only organizations left standing will be the ones that actually stand for something. Without a purpose that improves people’s lives, and contributes to the greater good, organizations will struggle. Roy M Spence, from “It’s Not What You Sell, It’s What You Stand For”
Share In October, the Aspen Institute will be holding a 1.5 day forum in which business leaders and thinkers will come together to look at vital question: “How do you measure success?” They will explore some key questions including: What constitutes a healthy society? How do personal criteria for success influence the way we do [...]
Share Thought of the day: If the success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do, how would I be? What would I do? – R. Buckminster Fuller
Share I had a good chat today with Anil Dash, who is an awesome thinker, a pioneer in the tech world and someone who sees, lives and works on the connection between technology and culture. He is (among other things) Director at Expert Labs which is doing some great work interfacing policy makers with technology [...]
Share I found the whole Shirley Sherrod case to be pretty disgraceful to be honest. I’ve written a number of pieces on it for different publications, as well as appearing on the BBC talking about the nature of the media today and how easy it is to score cheap political points by manipulating the media… [...]
Share “To be frightened of [the unknown] is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that. It’s all illusion. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it’s unknown and it’s plain sailing. Everything is unknown…” – John Lennon Children ask a lot of questions. They are always asking. They are unafraid to [...]
Share I’m going to be 30 in a few months time. I’m big on birthdays. My new year begins every November on my birthday, rather than on January 1st so I am very reflective in the lead up to it. This birthday feels big. It feels like the beginning of adulthood. One thing I’ve realized [...]
