Tag Archives: sustainability

Three Traps That Keep Us Stuck

There is something I keep noticing in the conversations I’ve been having with colleagues and clients this month. The pattern is consistent enough that I think it belongs here, in the wider community. For years, I was the person with the colour-coded planner, the non-negotiable morning routine, and the running list of serious, ambitious things […]

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Forget Freezing Their Heads. Preserve Their Thinking Instead

Behind this button is the accumulation of a lifetime of work. Nearly twenty books, countless lectures and papers, and who knows how many notes. Written and spoken by one of the world’s smartest brains. (Not my superlative. That’s straight from Forbes.)   Ask anything. And listen. Really listen. To the answer. Mind-blowing. Ai Richard I’m […]

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What Happens When There’s Nobody Left to Conquer?

YES, I know there are multiple wars going on. NO, this is NOT specifically about any of them. But if you see similarities …… Did you hear that Unilever is buying McCormick’s spices? It’s a bit complicated. Unilever is spinning off its food business to merge with spices leader McCormick & Company in a ginormous […]

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Bring In the Artists

If what got us into a predicament cannot be what gets us out of it, then we need different thinking, different perspectives, and different priorities. That is the cleanest way I know to make the case for diversity without getting tangled in the vocabulary that tends to derail the conversation before it begins. Here is […]

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