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Doing meaningful work: A mini-manifesto
Meaningful work requires courage and constant enquiry. It’s a quest based on our values and purpose, and if we want to tell this story...
Feb 18, 20202 min read


He’s too old
When spring arrived in my home town my great-grandfather would go out for long walks. He’d put on his suit, take his hat and his wooden...
Feb 13, 20202 min read


All our movies suck
Ed Catmull, a co-founder of Pixar, believes that one the enemies of creativity is complacency. At first, he says, all their moves suck,...
Feb 11, 20201 min read


Ignorance 101
Most of what we know today will be useless in fifteen years. We work very hard to be certain and get things right, when the truth is that...
Feb 6, 20202 min read


Positive thinking doesn’t always work
Storytelling can be used as a tool for visualising a better future. You can write a letter to your future self and describe what you see...
Feb 4, 20201 min read


The myth of closure
You’ve found your story. Is that all? Nothing more to add? Nothing more to look for? Not really. We’re never done with our story. We...
Jan 30, 20201 min read


Maybe your values should change
“If you have integrity and you know who you are, your values don’t change.” More and more, I find that this assertion is missing the...
Jan 28, 20201 min read


Persuading with stories: don’t go there
A story seems to be the answer to everything. When rationality and logic fail us, we think that if we tell a story we can win hearts and...
Jan 23, 20201 min read


The January effect
It’s 7.00 pm and the car park is full. Maybe, I tell myself, it’s because there’s a conference at the hotel next to the gym. I have no...
Jan 21, 20202 min read


Because you are
Ubuntu is a well-known concept in Africa. It means “I am because you are”. South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission explored...
Jan 16, 20201 min read
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