What to do? How to decide what to do? Yesterday I spoke to three different friends about decisions: careers, intimate…
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A friend recently provided generous, excellent and critical feedback on a blog post and email sent to her. Reading it…
READ MOREA guide to Four Territories for developing as a leader
What does it take to develop, as a leader? The day after hosting a webinar with Stephen Duns on Beyond…
READ MOREHealthy growth is multidimensional
Learning to think and relate in multiple dimensions, is consequential for the health of a growing ventures, and of the…
READ MOREHow to be, for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
Someday you may be invited to a space, place, meeting, opportunity or community that we sense may be a once-in-a-lifetime…
READ MOREAbout, is not it
About is about, distinct from the thing to which it refers. Seems obvious yet I’ve noticed in my speech, action…
READ MOREWho benefits from one’s reflection and learning?
There’s been a shift in my conception of reflection, communication and its role in learning. Rather than reflection and learning…
READ MORETwist towards creation
A thread of learning about prioritising the acts of creation emerged from three contexts recently. The observation of if, how…
READ MOREListening, for facilitators: enabling ease through discerning difference
One function of facilitation is indicated in its etymology: to make actualisation of an aspiration easy. So, facilitation requires discerning others’…
READ MOREUSA IVLP: advancing entrepreneurship
This June (2018) I’m in a United States’ on an International Visitor Leadership Program exchange scholarship. This post gives a little context…
READ MOREThe antonym of compassionately coaching: how to crush a climber
Have you ever laughed at something or someone, not felt right about it, but unsure about exactly what was ‘off’…
READ MOREBeing open about what’s in focus
The fact of finite resources, limited ability and attention and short lifetime durations means that I (experienced or observed) can…
READ MORELearnings from 2017, as shared with Pollinators
How can I best summarise learnings from the past year? Below is a distillation of some personal learnings and…
READ MOREAppreciation + Question – Pollinators and Transitions
This post is in the form of a personal letter, of which I’ve been writing quite a few lately. The…
READ MOREAccepting Achievement
On 28th October I accepted the Leadership and Innovation category award within the 2016 WA Regional Achievement and Community Awards. It was and…
READ MORESocial change by changing socially
Does social change, require changing socially? Every thought-provoking tweet, crowdfunded project or inspiring social impact conference brings new ideas to our attention and catalyses interesting conversations. But have…
READ MOREEight Insights for Alliances
If you’re trying to change a system or build a new one, collaborating with like-minded people with aligned interests is a likely…
READ MOREPurposelessness enabling effectiveness
This post is to share the insights and shifts in attention resulting from contemplation of ‘purpose’ as part of the…
READ MOREPurpose, responsibility, revelation and Spiderman
Three weeks in to the Principles of Effective Interaction course (PEI) and I’ve been inquiring into responsibility. This blog post…
READ MOREOne Day to Live
I’m grateful that someone (from the local paper!) asked me to write 300 words about what I would do with one…
READ MOREPrinciples of Effective Interaction
“Skill in interacting effectively and appropriately is being absolutely grounded in the unknown truth of this present moment (unendingly), relating…
READ MOREI’ll follow you: followship and leadership co-arising
In conversations with a friend about our slightly different perspectives and approaches, I looked up definition and etymology of Leadership:…
READ MOREReflections on Day 1 of FORM’s #PUBLICsymposium
Rather than tackled the impossible task to personally condense the first day’s messages and ideas from dozen civic leaders’ life’s…
READ MOREStress: stories about how to hold it, love it and perhaps let go
I’ve just woken up 2 hours earlier than my alarm (set for 5:30am) for the 10th time in the last fortnight….
READ MOREJoining the Dots
The last few days I’ve been acutely aware of the story that I’m telling, identity I’m creating and meaning I’m making through…
READ MORE2015 Resolutions – art, not doing and paternalism
A few extra ideas and intentions drifted across my mind and captured my attention over the New Year Period…and could be…
READ MOREEmergence – cracking open to a new coherency
Have you ever experienced a part of your self or life fall apart? At the same time, has something beautiful, new…
READ MOREConfidence and coherence cultivated through commitment
More than once I’ve reflected that perhaps the only thing I’ve ever done ‘wrong’ (or that has lead to undesirable…
READ MOREHonouring the legacy of Hawes’ Hermitage
On a sunny, warm Sunday afternoon we gathered to consider how Monsignor Hawes’ legacy could be continued through the wise…
READ MOREAwareness in and of transitions
It still surprises me how much a simple shift in attention can change everything. In this case, what I’ve noticed is…
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