The greatest journey
Which names come to us when we think of amazing journeys? In literature we have the granddaddy of them all, Ulysses and his odyssey. There are the Hobbits, Bilbo and Frodo. Jules Verne and his tales. Gilgamesh. Dante’s Divine Comedy… In exploring we could have Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, Leif Erikson, Gertrude Bell, Zheng He… […]
Focus on clarity for clarity of focus
When we look at embarking on a full and purpose-driven life, there’s often a lot of talk around fear holding us back. Fear of change, fear of the risk involved, fear of making a mistake, fear of throwing away everything we’ve worked so hard to achieve, fear of the cost, fear of this, fear of […]
What’s culture got to do with purpose?
So here we are, hopefully all jolly and celebrating however and whatever it is we celebrate at this time of the year. If anything, maybe it’s just some time off with our loved ones and an opportunity to regroup and reflect. Yet like a wisp of cloud curling inexorably around a peak, somewhere, somehow, sometime, […]
Mapping Our Purpose REALM – Paperback
I’m super-proud to be launching today the paperback version of my book Mapping Our Purpose REALM – The Tribe of the Cowbells. Super-proud and humbled too to hear what some of the early reviewers have said about it already. I’m blessed by some truly wonderful people around me. The book comes out of all the […]
Who said anything about happiness?
What do happiness and love have in common? They’re both by-products. Yup, cold and harsh, but in business – if these could be truly measured in the first place – they’d call them lagging indicators at best. Working on our life purpose, on our meaningful way forward, on living fully…all of these may well bring […]
Flex those muscles
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor… Thankfully there’s a little more variety these days. Variety? Flux is a better word. The big consultancies all predict vastly different careers landscapes within the next decade, let alone thereafter. Just for starters, PwC divides roles into red, yellow, green and blue work worlds, while McKinsey advocates fo
