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Offer: Let's have a helpful conversation
It seems that when I’m most busy is when I also seem to want to share and help others the most – so continuing in a long established tradition, I would like to offer some office hours to help anyone who needs it. But first – at the risk of inventing another buzzword/phrase that gets […]
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Be a Person of Substance
I love to take my dog – Maya – for walks and she loves it when I throw for her and she fetches. A long throw really helps her open up the speed! As I took her for a walk this morning, I brought with us one of her ‘throw and chew’ balls. Much like […]
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Yes, learning is hard. But do it anyway.
It seems popular, these days, for coaches and consultants to talk about ‘continuous learning’ or the ‘learning organisation’. Learning is like sex – everyone nods knowingly when it is being talked about, but few are actually doing it well or at all. For me, learning a new skill is hard – especially if you are […]
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I can't write about colonialism or the Commonwealth
I’ve been trying, without success, for the last month to write a blog post on the curse of colonialism and the abomination that is the Commonwealth. As I explore my thoughts and organise them into something coherent, I become paralysed by the scale of the destruction that the UK has wreaked and continues to wreak […]
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I finally get Trump
I finally get him. He is a terrible United States President. He is also the best one to catalyse the demise of this dying empire.
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"Negotiating sex is rather difficult"
Even if you don’t read this post, go watch this: http://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-42171536/world-hacks-the-secret-ring-helping-women-protect-themselves-from-hiv There is so much in the western media of sexual harassment and assault, so I want to also draw attention to this – I saw a recent BBC video about a secret ring that some women in Malawi are testing to protect themselves against […]
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Day 1: I am Rohingya #51Days
Today as part of my #51days act of solidarity, I shall change my twitter profile to ‘I am Rohingya” The Rohingya are an ethnic group that live in Myanmar – formerly Burma – they are mostly Muslims in a country that is predominantly Buddhist. For a toxic mix of reasons – ranging from religious difference, […]
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51 days of solidarity and advocacy.
There are 51 days until Christmas 2016. For each of those days,I will change my name on Twitter to reflect a cause I want to support and bring some attention in a small way. Why? There is so much wrong with the world. There is so much that is right too. We are each nodes […]
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Passion, care and the Agile Manifesto is really all you need.
As I sat with a professional services team at my client, launching into my tried and tested description of what agility means and how to do it sustainably, the last 11 years of my life flashed in front of me and I saw something that I hadn’t realised before. It both scare and energised me. My […]
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I am tired.
I’m tired, very very tired of trying to build startups. So very tired of starting from scratch with every idea. Of the hustling and the hacking. I’m tired of hearing people saying ‘No’ and the ‘Oh it’s a great idea but..’. I’m tired of the apathy – of sending 10,000 emails and having only 10% […]