When does change happen and how can you spot the before and after? I was talking this week about with someone about ‘better conversations’, how different all their conversations were. But she couldn’t see the join, she couldn’t identify the point at which something switched and everything changed. What’s going on here and why is it so hard to spot?
Read MoreWe love to create patterns and make sense of what we see so that we can plan, strategise, hold our perspective of world a certain way. But what if we sit a little with that uncertainty? What might we see? What is the risk of making sense too quickly?
Read MoreWhat does it really take to change, not only what someone says about an issue, but what they actually think and therefore what they do? No matter what we have been told before, there is only really one way that we change, and it’s easier and also more frustratingly nebulous than we think. Read on to find out what it is and how to facilitate it.
Read MoreWe set off on a coaching relationship, or any place of personal growth, with some kind of intention for what we think we will see and how we will apply that. But, is one route better than another? Maybe, maybe not…
Read MoreThe past is only ever a story told in the present. We say this, but do we really see it? Because when we do it can be a very powerful, and a very freeing moment of insight into a joyous present and a hopeful future.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be ‘in society’? This is such a rich exploration, and this is what I am starting to see…
Read MoreEverything we do has unintended consequences—it’s the way things work, our futures are all, as yet, unfolded. So, how then, do we measure what’s important, and how do we retain the humility to see our assumptions and biases? How do we evaluate complex choices with grace and compassion?
Read MoreHow do we create change? We flippantly say that it’s one bite at a time—reference to that old how do you eat an elephant’ joke, but what if it really is? And what if holding on to the idea that we have to ‘get it right’ or get certain people involved, or test a model, or wait for them’ to do something, is getting in the way of the small-scale change that we can achieve right now. Today. In this moment, in this conversation, in your reading of this piece. #JFDI
Read MoreWhen it feels as if clarity is necessary before you can move forward… We’ve all been there, but what if the way out is in the opposite direction to the one you’re wanting to take?
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