The speech that the wonderful Pam Warhurst recently gave in my community stated her belief in the power of small actions to change the world: “Through an organic process, through an increasing recognition of the power of small actions, we are starting, at last, to believe in ourselves again, and to believe in our capacity, […]
Fixing The Broken Triangle
By April 8, 2015 4 Comments
There is a broken triangle in my community – and in most communities around the world, in fact. The relationship between people, politics and the media is broken. Nobody is happy. Each one is dissatisfied with the other. And the trouble is, the breakdown is getting worse and worse. Our communities are as unhappy and […]
Soft Landings
By March 25, 2015 6 Comments
Just over a week ago, I ticked another item off my bucket list. I went up in a hot air balloon. One thing we were lucky enough to achieve on our adventure was a soft landing. A beautifully soft landing. As I go through some of the craziest weeks of my life, I do start […]
The End Of Government?
By March 18, 2015 10 Comments
There is a really interesting debate going on in my island nation community of Guernsey at the moment. There is large review of government tax and spending. There is a suggestion that the cost of government will need to move from 25% to 28% of GDP. Our government rightly argues that ours is already one […]
Thinking and Feeling
By March 11, 2015 Leave a Comment
There are three questions I like to ask myself whenever I have a big decision to make: What do I think about this? What do I feel about this? Why is there a difference? At one time, I did not imagine there could be any possible difference in my answers to the first two questions. […]
The Elephant In The Room
By October 15, 2014 8 Comments
Where I live, in any given year 1 in 4 people suffer from a diagnosable mental health problem. 1 in 4! Most disturbing is the stigma attached to the problem, making it a taboo subject. And as a result of this societal silence, the problem is getting bigger. I like to flip this, to consider […]
Skin In the Game
By September 24, 2014 12 Comments
Why do I pick up a piece of rubbish at Burning Man, when I would typically let if fly past me if I was at home? This is the question I asked myself, as I compulsively ran off into the desert in the extreme heat of the day, chasing a bit of paper that flew […]
Burning Man – The Extraordinary In The Ordinary
By September 10, 2014 6 Comments
Last month, around 65,000 people met in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada for Burning Man which, to me, is one of the greatest events on earth. I was lucky enough to be there with a group of 15 people from all over the world. I am not going to try to explain what Burning […]
The Power of Safe Spaces
By July 30, 2014 12 Comments
One of the things I have come to recognise in recent times is the power of safe spaces. Without them, we cannot explore our full potential. To me, a safe space is somewhere you can explore whatever you want to explore, freely and without consequence. It can be a crash mat when you are learning […]
The Rising Tide
By July 23, 2014 13 Comments
I am not a big fan of self interest, in any form. In this era, many of our systems promote it, whether in patents or politics, and, sadly, self interest drives the behaviour of much of the world around us. Consequently, it is causing patterns of short-termism in behaviour that lessen our ability to thrive […]