Category Archives: Coaching

Have you noticed how people sometimes look at their watches when asked when a particular future event is? This behavior doesn’t make sense – their watch will show them the current time, not the date of some future event. (I’m not talking about Smart watches here though – this behaviour has been around long beforeContinue reading “The unconscious, conscious”

A while ago a recommended to my readers to always take the stairs. Over last last year, every time I’d take the stairs from the car park at work up to the entrance of the building I’d feel an inner twinge of happiness for being different, for following a unique path. I was living upContinue reading “Always take the stairs – part 2”

There’s that thing you do. That thing that only you can do the way that you do. You may not know it though. You probably spent a lot of your early life not knowing that you can do it. Or you may have been doing it all along and not known you were, or evenContinue reading “That thing you do”

I’ve spent a fair amount of time during the December working with my hands building things in Meatspace. We’ve been renovating the house and besides the wet works, we’ve done everything ourselves. I’ve also built a hydroponic NFT (Nutrient Film Technique) system to grow my own veggies. We also built a fence to ensure theContinue reading “Flow with it”

There is a rhythm to life. It starts with the heartbeat, the underlying drumbeat that propels us. Then there’s the day/night, day/night, light/dark, light/dark, The go go go, sleeeeeep, repeat. Circadian rhythms we all share. The waxing, waning, gibbous, crescent, dance of light between sun and moon brings a visual rhythm to the night’s sky.Continue reading “Cadence”

I’m always a little surprised when I find myself falling into the imposter syndrome trap. I know I’ve written about it before, but each time it surfaces I realise there are more aspects to it which need to be explored.

When organizations need to change, they generally set up task teams to handle all the various aspects of the change. People, processes, finance, HR, branding & marketing and culture. Culture is usually seen as simply a part of the puzzle. However, as Lou Gerstner said in his book “Who says elephants can’t dance?”: I cameContinue reading “Culture change”

Organisational transformation isn’t a walk in the park. It involves people and change, two concepts that don’t always go together so well. Change involves thinking and acting differently, but what should we do if we observe others continuing in the old ways? This is when difficult conversations become necessary. I think it’s human nature (atContinue reading “The difficult conversations”

“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Who says? Everybody? This kind of thinking holds us back. It’s a persistent cultural belief (at least in some cultures) that your ability to learn new things deteriorates as you get older. This smacks of logical fallaciousness to me. Perhaps we observe older people and their apparent lackContinue reading “Old dog tricks”

Humans are amazing creatures. Our unique combination of DNA, environment and experiences cause each of us to see, experience and interpret the world around us in a way that is truly personal. Multiple people may experience the same event, but each of them will take something different away with them. Take a music concert, forContinue reading “Get out of your own head”