Shiftwork is the work we all have to do to manage, survive and thrive in the face of a world where Shift Happens. I've identified 11 shifts that we have to make (see here) and the first shift (see here) below I give a few tips about how to achieve the second one. Shift 2: From Plans ...
Here is Volume 4 of my Oppositional Thoughts...They are designed to gently puncture some of the slightly precious life advice out there, and to complexify overly simplistic homilies, that make life appear a lot simpler than it is in reality. You can find Volume 3 here and Volume 2 here and Volume 1 here Oppositional thoughts...There is ...
Paul Simon began "have a good time" with "yesterday it was my birthday...". Well that was in the 1970s and you couldn't get your LED watches to work properly, the batteries kept running out. So we can forgive Mr Simon for being a day late with his birthday...probably waiting for Arty's card to arrive. Anywhere where ...
My late Aunt Sylvia Cox was an inspiration to me. She was not only my Aunt, she was a teacher at my High School. Her enthusiasm for life and her naturally exclamatory style engendered a sense of fun and a sense of the possible in those around her. Whether it was taking us for "puddle ...
We marvel at the some people's ability to seemingly effortlessly generate creative ideas, and we know it is something that we'd like to be able to do more regularly and readily. We certainly would like to see it in our coaching clients, or our teams at work. It is very easy to issues injunctions to ...
The 3 Rs of Creativity and Careers I found myself coining a new phrase to capture some of the key ideas in career development. The phrase is: Reinvent, Respond, Resort The idea flowed from an inspiration from Steve Jobs being interviewed by Stephen Fry in Time Magazine. Jobs responding to Fry's question about his "career" said ""I do stuff. I ...
Career development has a yearly low point about June, but the good news is we are on an upward curve, until about September. After that, if you are a Career Development professional or careers author looking at launching a book, forget about it and take a long vacation till January. I am basing my advice ...
