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Author Archives: The Churning

The New York Times seven-minute workout

Posted on May 17, 2025 by The Churning — 1 Comment ↓

Our first step to becoming antifragile is to deepen our connection with what matters most to us and who we are at our best. This will bring us the clarity, Continue Reading →

Posted in 1: Centre, Ground, & Deepen, Inner Leadership | Tagged Harvard Medical School, John Ratey, New York Times | 1 Comment ↓

Crossing the threshold into the future

Posted on May 16, 2025 by The Churning — Leave a reply

In a world filled with change, it is often not the practical changes we find difficult but rather the psychological and emotional letting go of the way the world used to be Continue Reading →

Posted in 7: Prepare for the Journey, Inner Leadership | Tagged Apple, Butterfly, Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Peter Drucker | Leave a reply

Creating inspiration, part 2: Make it relevant to your audience

Posted on May 15, 2025 by The Churning — Leave a reply

In this time of change, your ability to create inspiration will draw people to you, motivate them to stay, and enthuse you all to deliver better results. There is no Continue Reading →

Posted in 6: Create an Inspiring Vision, Inner Leadership | Tagged Henry Ford, Martin Luther King, Winston Churchill | Leave a reply

Steve Jobs on achieving what matters most

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Posted on May 14, 2025 by The Churning — Leave a reply

Steve Jobs was an imperfect human being, like the rest of us. And like the rest of us, he was never going to live forever. But during his short life Continue Reading →

Posted in 5: Know Your Purpose & Values, Inner Leadership | Tagged Stanford, Steve Jobs | Leave a reply

Getting ourselves unstuck — a personal example

Posted on May 13, 2025 by The Churning — Leave a reply

In this time of accelerating change, we will increasingly find ourselves in situations where we need to take decisions based on little information and without knowing how things are going Continue Reading →

Posted in 4: Choose What's Best for You, Inner Leadership | Tagged Cancer | Leave a reply

What went well today?

Posted on May 12, 2025 by The Churning — 2 Comments ↓

A few years ago I found myself not only grieving the death of my father but also recovering from cancer and dealing with a whole bunch of other problems that Continue Reading →

Posted in 1: Centre, Ground, & Deepen, 3: Find the Opportunities, 4: Choose What's Best for You, Inner Leadership | 2 Comments ↓

Jumping to conclusions in a time of change

Posted on May 11, 2025 by The Churning — Leave a reply

Whenever we jump to conclusions we assume that the world still works the way it used to. In a world that is changing so fast, this might not be true. Continue Reading →

Posted in 2: Make Sense of the Situation, Inner Leadership | Leave a reply

Exercise, creativity, meditation, and nature

Posted on May 10, 2025 by The Churning — Leave a reply

In a world of constant change, it is hardly surprising if events sometimes knock us off balance. This means that learning to recentre and ground ourselves is the first step to becoming Continue Reading →

Posted in 1: Centre, Ground, & Deepen, Inner Leadership | Tagged Gandhi, Harvard Medical School, John Ratey, Nature, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Virgin Group, Zen Buddhism | Leave a reply

Five benefits of Inner Leadership

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Posted on May 9, 2025 by The Churning — Leave a reply

This time of change that we are living through is calling us to develop a new approach to leading ourselves and other people. When we acquire these new skills and Continue Reading →

Posted in About/Introduction, Introduction | Tagged Antifragile, Einstein, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, VUCA | Leave a reply

Eight very practical benefits of knowing your purpose and values

Posted on May 8, 2025 by The Churning — 2 Comments ↓
Team of cyclists racing in line, focused, determined

In a time of change, when short term issues can seem urgent and important, thinking about your long term purpose and values might seem to be a distraction. But investing Continue Reading →

Posted in 5: Know Your Purpose & Values, Inner Leadership | Tagged Winston Churchill | 2 Comments ↓

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