The art of reframing obstacles
With many of us waiting for life to return to somewhat normal, I finally got a new book “The Obstacle is the way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage” by Ryan Holiday. It’s exactly what I need to be reading now; a practice-oriented book that digs into your perceptions, assumptions and ways of […]
How to build a strong company culture
How many of us have worked in organisations where the culture wasn’t just right? Where the rules and the bureaucracy to make decisions were often so difficult that it was easier just to keep going with the status quo than trying to change things? In this week’s blog, I draw inspiration from Coaching for Leaders […]
Core guiding principles you cannot afford to miss if your goal is ultimate success
My current book is Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. I am consistently impressed by their data driven and empirically sound findings on why particular companies succeed, excel and why some simply perish. The book is based on rigorous research of 10X companies and their counterparts. 10X companies are companies that have […]
The 4 kinds of people you need for breakthrough success
So for those of you who read my last blog post on creativity, it might have seemed somewhat superficial. Some of you might be asking so what if there are assumptions about creativity and the lone genius, how is that going to help me to get more creative? Well the good news is that now […]
How climate adaptation is moving forward
This week it has been upheaval one after another. Australian politics at the moment seems to be in full disarray with climate change again being at the centre of controversy as a policy issue. Yet, the good news is that climate adaptation is still moving forward in many ways. Yesterday we organised as part of […]
Time for a new paradigm in capacity building?
This week a news item caught my attention, an interview piece with Saleem Huq, the director of International Centre for Climate Change and Development. The commentary focused on the issue of capacity building, climate finance and how this is being dealt with in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This is often a […]
Why finding a bouncing-ideas-buddy will pay off: the secrets of collaboration
In science and in many related fields, the lone genius assumption persists: that individuals act and think alone, pour themselves over data in solitude and emerge with a solution that is revolutionary and inspirational. Many do buy into this story. Yet, the stories we actually hear are often those of insights that have emerged through […]
Why inclusivity should be the new game in town: Women, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and leadership
We often hear about the glass ceiling that stops women in advancing their careers and how that ceiling, in the era of gender equality, is easier to break through. More and more women are becoming directors, earning degrees, and making significant contributions in science, politics, and everywhere else. Given last week was the International Women’s […]
Why “failure dodging” is hurting your career
Lately I have been thinking a lot about what it means to fail. Most of the advice out there in leadership and management is about success: how to have a successful career, how to build a successful company, and how to become a success full stop. Who would not want to know why Oprah has […]
Highly successful people and mornings: How to make context matter for theory and advice
Many people yearn to learn the keys for success and there is no shortage of advice out there on how to make great things happen. There are the 33 Daily Habits Highly Successful People Have and advice on how The First 3 Hours of Your Day Can Dictate How Your Life Turns Out . Much of […]