We are human becomings
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Think back through your life: at the age of 16 you were not the same person as you had been when you were six. Nor were you the same at Continue Reading →
What does ‘antifragile’ mean?
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We are living through a time of extraordinary and unprecedented change. And like the exponential spread of Covid-19, the rate of that change is accelerating. Each change on its own Continue Reading →
Use change to become stronger and more beautiful
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They say a diamond is just a piece of charcoal that has learned to handle stress exceptionally well. The Churning, Inner Leadership is a book that shows us how Continue Reading →
Create your own customised inspiration map
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Before the great explorers of old set out on their journeys they would always draw a map of the territories they were about to enter: where was the food and Continue Reading →
Yuval Noah Harari — 21 Lessons for the 21st century
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In his most recent book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, historian Yuval Noah Harari talks about the coming disruptions in technology, politics, religion, immigration, terrorism, and war. He didn’t Continue Reading →
Five benefits of becoming antifragile
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This time of accelerating change is calling for a new approach to leading ourselves and others. As we implement the seven skills or competencies that provide this approach, we gain benefits on Continue Reading →
Second Edition now available!
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In the short time since Inner Leadership was first published we have seen many unexpected changes: North Korea has emerged as a long range nuclear power (and then offered to give up Continue Reading →
Achieving present-moment awareness
The start point and the end point of becoming antifragile are the same thing: the ability to come to present-moment awareness. Present-moment awareness means being focused on what is actually Continue Reading →
Why we need a new approach to leadership in a time of change
We are living through a time of unprecedented global change. Like it or not, huge changes are happening in our politics, our economy, technology, society, and of course in our Continue Reading →
Who inspires wins
In a churning world, no-one knows what will happen next. An unknown virus might close the world economy. A fire or flood might devastate a town. Politics and social media Continue Reading →
Morning Pages are a tool for producing insights, innovation, clarity, and calm
In a world where so much is changing at once, we need better ways to make sense of what is happening around us. Our conscious, rational minds will tend to seek Continue Reading →
Live like Doctor Who
When I was nineteen I took my youngest brother out on a nearby boating lake. He was only six years old and as I rowed us both across the shallow Continue Reading →
The three stages of transition
Every significant change in our lives is accompanied by a psychological and emotional transition. Some of these are small, others large. But when nearly everything in our world is changing Continue Reading →
A recipe for creating inspiration in a time of change
If you want to create something new, your first task is to inspire yourself and other people to want to make it happen. Or as the pilot and poet Antoine de Saint Exupéry Continue Reading →
You will never reach your destination if…
Winston Churchill famously said: “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” This time of massive change is bringing us many Continue Reading →