Are we collectively holding our breath?

Are we collectively holding our breath?

I was chatting to a leader about how his team were doing, and what he was noticing in his world of work: “I don’t know what to call it” he said. “Is it burnout? Wellbeing? Change fatigue? Mental health? I don’t know. I just feel like we...
Facing change and building space

Facing change and building space

One of the unintended benefits I noticed when the pandemic first hit, and we all had to get used to working and living in a very different way, was that our collective tolerance for imperfection increased. We were all trying new things, reinventing business models and...
End of the world as we know it

End of the world as we know it

There’s something about knowing that we associate deeply with competence, confidence and professionalism. We turn to teachers because we want to know what they know.We follow leaders because we believe they know where they’re going.We give the work to those who know...
What if this is the new normal?

What if this is the new normal?

I don’t know about you but 2016 for me has been full of uncertainty, transition and plenty of ‘oh crikey’ and a few ‘WTF?!’ moments. It’s also been a year of huge achievement, success and excitement, don’t get me wrong, but as I come towards the end of the year, I...
More than we expect

More than we expect

Sometimes plans change, sometimes things don’t go to plan. And sometimes, when we are wiling to abandon our plans, we can find ourselves with far more than we expected. In the last days of writing my book I had this nagging feeling. Several people had suggested that I...

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