Turns out, I’m not built like a Japanese palace
At the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, admiring craftsmanship and contemplating perfection. Last week I was in Tokyo. Part pleasure, part professional … part wandering around, Lost in Translation. At some...
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How to find gold (metaphorically speaking)
Duct tape, messy middle, crappy first draft … let’s celebrate! A Week of Living Brilliantly kicked off yesterday. You didn’t sign up? No worries — I’ve smuggled out one of...
Danger!
If the sharks don’t get you, there are other options. Danger! Or so we’re told Bill Bryson is hilarious about how white Australians named places. It’s been some years since...
What are you waiting for? And what do you see?
Literally, a waiting room What are you waiting for? I’m curious to know how you read that question. The word you chose to give weight to shifts its meaning. WHAT...
Not knowing is knowing
How about a Zen koan to start your morning? (For anyone about to Google that, a Zen koan is a deliciously paradoxical statement, question, or story used to challenge conventional...
How to block out time for what matters most
My reaction when Charlie Gilkey told me he recommends a max of 5 projects. Last week inside The Conspiracy, I invited my friend Charlie Gilkey to join me for a...
Thousands of songs about this
Thousands of songs about being lonely. What if a conversation could’ve changed the chorus? I fancy myself a bit of a music guy. Not an aficionado or a snob by...
The Five Inner Rings
The Art of Community + the inner rings. My Worthy Goal — the thing that’s thrilling, important, and daunting for me right now — is a project about change in...
Becalmed. Plateau-ed. Stuck.
Where are you on the sigmoid curve? The sigmoid curve (aka the S-curve) has been used in disciplines like project management, biology, and finance for many years as a way...
I’m in a bit of a mess at the moment
Where did my forehand go? Last summer, I decided to dust off my tennis racquet, disregard my aging knees, and get back on the court. It was fun. I took...
My favourite colour
A fav photo from the photo shoot. My favourite colour It’s purple. It’s no accident that this is one of the four core colours of the new website. But it...
Change wisdom
Me pretending to podcast. But also, this is what it looks like. Change wisdom (from Change Signal) My new podcast, Change Signal, launched in February. I feel like I’ve been...
