There was a time when we despised interruption – the phone call in the middle of dinner, the disruptive employee with another urgent question, the kids wanting something just when we’ve sat down to read our favourite book. Now days, if we don’t take a call during dinner, check something…
Dear Santa, forget the socks (I’ve got plenty), the chocolate (I’m trying to give up) and the subscription to Home Craft (unlikely this will ever inspire me to crochet my own wall hangings). What I’d really like is the elimination of poverty, a reduction in youth suicide, a soul mate…
We live in uncertain times, in a world that is not only changing exponentially, but one in which we’re increasingly less certain of what tomorrow will bring, let-alone able to confidently predict and plan for possibilities years into the future. Whilst much has been written on the topic of managing…
A year or so after I started my business I finally accepted that I needed a break. So I took the plunge and booked a holiday – a week long dive expedition on Ningaloo reef in far north WA. Convincing myself a holiday meant a holiday, I left the laptop…
Staff development for an uncertain, changing and challenging workplace Employees are facing increasing pressure to keep up, to do more with less, and to respond to constant change, ambiguity and challenge. Supporting our staff to become more resilient so they bounce-back from set-backs, maintain productivity and positivity, and survive and…
Whilst we don’t celebrate this American tradition in Australia, it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t look for other ways to express gratitude. The benefits of gratitude have been written about in almost every religious and philosophical tradition throughout the ages, and now positive psychology research is contributing a wealth of science…
We all start out as explorers. From the day we enter the world, our mission is to learn what we can about our environment and the people who inhabit it. Our very survival depends on it. When our quest for discovery is thwarted by our lack of ability, we get…
Funny as it was, Monty Python fans with a bit of a spiritual hankering would have been disappointed to discover that the 80s film The Meaning of Life did nothing at all to illuminate the actual meaning of life. And Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was even more…
A few months ago I took my 6 year old niece to a new playground. The equipment was bright and modern, and looked like fun to me. But I’m not 6, and so I failed to recognise that this particular playground was in fact ‘boring’. Everything was too easy and…
As I sit down to write this article, I adopt my usual strategy of turning on the radio – always ABC classic FM, no ads, no talking, just music. It’s there in the background, soft and low, not intruding on my thoughts, but somehow contributing to them. As I write,…
