I wanted to read this book to know a bit more about the thoughts and ideas of the fabulous Megumi Miki who recently joined me in an interview for my podcast. I also wanted to read it to better understand myself as a quiet person (QP) and my place in the leadership...
It's a little yellow book of wisdom! The Legendary Quest, Kulkarni & Yoo This book sets out all the things you need to do to live a successful life. One of the things you need to do to achieve that is develop your self-awareness, which is where my interest...
We so often have thorny, tricky and challenging problems in work. So, what's the best way to go about solving them? Talk it out and transfer it from from inside your mind where it's huge, jumbled and complex. Moving from thoughts to words helps the mind think...
TEDx London Women was absolutely excellent! We heard about… * untapped potential of pension power* how one woman took on a corporate body and their lawyers, and won* the collective power of community at Grenfell* that trans-joy is about the mundane, being individual...
Had a really interesting morning at TEDxCroydon listening to inspirational speakers talking about… * …the need to extend teaching methodology to include greater outdoor and experiential learning opportunities (Jordan Wylie MBE)* …how learning from failure is the spice...
I read this book because I was looking for someone. And I found them. In chapters 1, 2 and 7! The book starts with a questionnaire. This is not for the feint hearted. It's not your average Good Housekeeping multiple choice questionnaire that'll tell you if you should...
Well this is just a little bit marvellous!! Number 1 in the Top 100 Indie Management chart on Goodpods Thank you for listening. Looking forward to having you on my continuing learning journey
Here are some FAQs about The Knowing Self Knowing Others Podcast from the wonderful new Goodpods - a fast-growing, award-winning, free podcast player and podcast discovery app Why did you start this show? The Knowing Self Knowing Others Podcast was born out of my...
For Christmas and birthday this year I decided that I wanted books. Real, hold-in-the-hand, flick-a-page, smell-the-paper books. In the end I bought 18 brilliant business books and here’s my review of the very first one I’ve read in 2023…. ‘Mindset - Changing the way...
Happy new year! As we head in to 2023, here are my watchwords for the year; the things that will dominate the world of work and impact our organisations, give us the opportunity to grow and work out way out of challenges and be the resounding drivers of change….....
In the first week of January, I set out my watchwords for 2022: self-awareness, purpose, kindness, connection, tolerance, acceptance, knowledge, innovation, care and learning. As the year comes to a close I thought I would reflect on my hopes and hunches to see if it...
Over the last 4 years I’ve been the new kid in lots of contexts. Jobs, volunteering roles, geographies and homes. Every new beginning has been facilitated by the preparation and kindness of others and here’s what I’ve learned…… Plan new people’s induction and welcome...