Creating Value There’s an old saying that goes something like, “a problem shared is a problem halved”. The implication being that two people, in this case, can share the emotional burden of a difficult situation through conversation. This may be the glass-half-full version of what it means to connect. It might be more meaningful to …
Self-Organised Learning Education and learning have always been about personal growth and discovery. The Latin root “educare” meaning “to lead out of”, invokes the idea of a journey, an exploration. There is also in this definition a sense of leadership, freedom perhaps. The rigid exoskeleton of institutional bureaucracy that has built up around it in …
Now Is the Time What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? To be present in our mind and our body? To ask ourself, are we prepared for the challenges of the future? Can we take this crisis as an opportunity to change our mindset, to open up to new learning and …
When the clocks chime in the New Year, it will be either side of two extraordinary, seconds. One will be the first of a new decade, the 2020’s. The other will be the last second of the previous one. Together they frame a moment that dissects a twenty-year span of time, creating 2 distinct eras. …
Fear and Creativity Loud noises and falling forward, the two discernible fears we’re all born with along with an abundant instinct for creativity. Without them, we’d never have learned to master language, move about and engage with the world around us. We can grow up taking these skills for granted. Or at least failing to …
Can you remember what sort of person you were at the age of 5? During an interview, Roald Dahl, the great children’s author (among many other accolades) said “Most adults have forgotten what’s it’s like to think like a child.” He was explaining his creative process for storytelling. It struck me that beneath his insightful observation …
