In the latest episode Kay Scorah and I talk about the idea of “getting over ourselves”. That can often sound like a rude instruction, but it’s possible to frame all learning as a process of leaving behind old ideas of who we are – ideas to which we can get rather attached.
We talk a bit about Otto Rank and I say more about him in this old post.
Embracing uncertainty and avoiding simplistic solutions
Some reflections on the chapter of my book called Hello, Darkness
What could happen if we let go of the idea that teamwork should be easy?
watching my nephew put out a fire, and the power of micromoments
Anne Marie McEwan reflects on the complexity of relationships in her post, Complexify Yourself: I think that complexity takes on another dimension when people interact. We
A New Zealand School ditches the safety rules for its playground and gets some pretty amazing results. The Principal comments: The kids were motivated, busy
I’m going to run a one-day workshop on Difficult Conversations in London on February 20th. I’m doing with this my friend and collaborator Kay Scorah.
In coaching I find a lot of my work comes down to helping people find ways to deal with difficult conversations. In meetings, whatever brilliant
My friend Antony Quinn and I are running our Difficult Conversations workshop again in Cambridge. We really enjoyed the one we did in December so
This is the second of my series of short videos about difficult conversations. (Part one here) In this one I talk about the importance of
At IMC John Hagel has given a good 15 minute provocation on the topic of the attention economy. Renee Hopkins Callahan has done a good summary at Fast Company as
Gotta give credit to Robert Scoble for linking to his fierce critics in his blog. Today he’s pointing to a sharp spoof of his defence of Microsoft. Heh, David Hansson
A propos the Blogging – a real conversation? conference Lloyd Davis takes up my request to write down what he said during my talk. He claims to have a “rambling,
Two interesting items from David Smith‘s excellent daily feed. If you want to get productive, get disorganised. Simon Caulkin riffs on the theme of A Perfect Mess. Tim Oren on
