Category Archives: Shiftwork

Shiftwork is the work we all have to do to survive and thrive in a world where shift happens

Slow shift, fast shift, deep shift – Keynote Presentation to International Coaching Congress, Manly, Australia 2012

Shift: Slow shift, fast shift, deep shift - Keynote Presentation to International Coaching Congress, Manly, Australia 2012 How coaches can enhance their practice using shift principles. Fast Shift Slow Shift Deep Shift Coaching using the Chaos Theory of Careers presented by Dr Jim Bright Coaching is about change and therefore we need to embrace the ideas of fast ...

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Transform your career by shifting: Shift 11 – From Trust As Control To Trust As Faith

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Transform your career by shifting: Shift 11 - From Trust As Control To Trust As Faith There comes a point in all things that really matter in life when trying to exert control is not sufficient.  The complexities of the world  make it impossible to be any more planned or prepared, there will always be some ...

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Transform your career by shifting: Shift 10 – From Knowing In Advance To Living With Emergence

Here is a spoiler alert - if you are likely to be going to the cinema or watching TV in the next while, you may want to skip the next paragraph. Rosebud was his sledge.  They all did it.  The dog dies in the final reel.  The shark gets blown up with a scuba diving tank. ...

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Transform your career by shifting: Shift 9: From Normative Thinking To Normative And Scalable Thinking

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Transform your career by shifting: Shift 9: From Normative Thinking To Normative And Scalable Thinking When I was a child, I didn't want to be with the other young kids in the shallow end of the pool, but I was also secretly too scared to want to be at the deep end where the cool kids ...

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Transform your career by shifting: Shift 8: From Informing To Informing And Transforming

Shift: Transform your career by shifting: Shift 8: From Informing To Informing And Transforming What is easier - working with a person to understand the limits and biases in their thinking and then helping them change their thinking, or giving them  leaflet? Is it easier to listen to a person's career story, and help that person discern ...

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Transform your Career by shifting: Shift 7 From Goals, Roles And Routines To Meaning, Mattering, And Black Swans

Shiftwork is the work we have to do to manage, thrive and survive in a world where shift happens.  I've identified 11 shifts that we have to make (see here), so far I've addressed the first six, and in this post, I address the seventh shift.  The earlier ones you can read by following these ...

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Transform your Career by Shifting: Shift 6 From Probabilities To Probable Possibilities

Shiftwork is the work we have to do to manage, thrive and survive in a world where shift happens.  I've identified 11 shifts that we have to make (see here), so far I've addressed the first five, and in this post, I address the sixth shift.  The earlier ones you can read by following these ...

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