I was in a coffee conversation with a friend last week that helped me to realise something. We all live and create our own individual reality. When our differing views on reality emerge in public, they can cause friction between ourselves and other people. From politics and religion, to nations and tribes – the world […]
Breakthrough
By July 12, 2017 1 Comment
Having just experienced the Journey to 100 event, I can honestly say that I am even more convinced of the power of small nations to help the world to make significant breakthroughs. If you watch the talks, you can see that small nations such as Guernsey are truly capable of achieving systemic breakthroughs, like becoming […]
Redefining The Edge
By June 21, 2017 1 Comment
On June 30th, we launch our boldest mission yet. We aim to inspire and engage a nation to become the first country in the world to surpass 100-years life expectancy for our residents – within 10 years. We continually seed bold missions in our community. Although we believe that whatever we set out to achieve […]
I wish I had the words
By June 14, 2017 5 Comments
“I wish I had the words,” I said to myself. After a challenging media interview recently, I shed some tears of frustration because I had struggled to express what I wanted to convey. I have often felt this way – even more so, when I was younger. I feel as if I am trying to […]
Celebrate Your Bright Spots
By June 7, 2017 1 Comment
‘Celebrate Your Bright Spots.’ This phrase came from fellow community changemaker, Greg Tehven, and it is one that has stayed with me. Greg and others’ work is nothing short of incredible in Fargo, North Dakota – a place that is managing to reinvent itself without (what Greg calls) ‘distractions’: no stunning scenery, mountains or beaches […]
The Journey to 100
By May 31, 2017 4 Comments
What is it, to live a long and healthy life? Mark Twain famously said “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” I remember the day I found my ‘why’. It was November 4th, 2010. I had an epiphany – creating such […]
Community-led Innovation
By April 19, 2017 4 Comments
I haven’t written a blog post for what seems like an age. It was a period in my life when I felt there was nothing much to say – and a great deal for me to do. There is much for us all to do, as communities. We recently celebrated the 3rd birthday of The […]
Emergence
By August 24, 2016 3 Comments
Could you have predicted the Internet before it happened? Could you have predicted the rise of Donald Trump? Many things that change the world are hard to predict. They seem to emerge from nowhere. Much that is written about the future contains no predictions of ‘emergence’. No mention that unexpected shift can and will happen. […]
Reimagining Curriculum
By August 17, 2016 4 Comments
There is a major problem with traditional education systems around the world that needs to be addressed. Let’s face it – there are numerous problems. Young people are becoming increasingly disconnected with what they are learning in schools. Employers are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the readiness of young employees for the workplace. Teachers are becoming […]
Resonance
By August 10, 2016 1 Comment
There is a particular frequency of sound that creates greater results than you might expect from making an original noise. According to Wikipedia: ‘In physics, resonance describes when a vibrating system or external force drives another system to oscillate with greater amplitude at a specific preferential frequency.’ If the conditions are just right, a musical […]