Work is what we do. Work is not who we are. I went to my first proper yoga class in two years yesterday, and it reminded me of the need to keep our horizons broad and our experiences nourishing. All of the things we do beyond work contribute to keeping us physically...
I’d heard Adam Grant talking on his podcast and liked what he had to say, so I picked up the book with excitement. Think Again, Adam Grant The simple tenet of the book is that rethinking our plans, answers and decisions is a good thing and a fixed mindset closes us to...
My husband and I had been chewing the cud about people we’ve worked with over the years and, as is so often the case, the difficult and challenging people came to mind more readily than the great people and the kind people. We’ve both worked with people who have made...
I’ve spent nearly 10 hours on a train and had some lazy morning and early nights over the weekend, which have allowed me to consume Rebel Ideas. This book is excellent and sits right up there on the top of my list of lightbulb generating, sense making and thought...
In 2019BC (before covid) we had mastered the fine art of organising meetings, giving ourselves (just) enough time to travel between meetings and attend them whilst sitting next to and across the table from our colleagues Between 2019DC (during covid) and 2022DC, we...
Over the last couple of weeks, as I’ve been commuting back and forth to the office, I’ve been capitalising on the lack of internet access and reading this really rather excellent book by Alison Smith ‘Can’t see the wood for the trees? Landscaping your life to get back...
It’s the very last day of January already, so here’s the last of my watchwords for 2022. Watchword number 10 is learning Learning is a friend of knowledge, but it’s not the same. Knowledge is active and learning is pro-active. Learning is about going out there to seek...
Watchwords number 9 is care Care seems to me to be an umbrella term for putting others before yourself and behaving in a way that makes human relationships effective. Care is about emotional intelligence, understanding, sympathy, empathy, respect, compassion,...
Watchwords number 8 is innovation From the digital explosion in virtual communication to the exponential increase in online services, covid has, we must admit, been a generator of transformational change. When we reflect on the last two years, the things we had...
Watchword number 7 for 22 is knowledge. As leaders we have a responsibility to increase our own knowledge and the knowledge of others. The world is awash with information, research, data and opinion that helps to build up our knowledge base. Everything is accessible...