Beginner’s mind

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher You’ve probably heard this quote before. It reminds me that with each client, each session, I benefit from bringing...

Reward for Failure

As a Mac fan living in Palo Alto at the turn of the century, Steve Jobs was a particularly fascinating character. I read Walter Isaacson’s biography on release and anticipated Danny Boyle’s 2015 movie with relish. It didn’t disappoint. It put a...

Trauma expert

Dr. Bessell van der Kolk was one of the first trauma experts who made sense to me. Here’s a piece I wrote last year about the experience of attending one of his lectures in 1998: SPEECHLESS I am speechless, horrified, pinned motionless in my chair. Grainy images...

What is Leadership

My friend and colleague Pete Hamill published his excellent book Embodied Leadership last year. I don’t find it easy to paraphrase or summarise, so am delighted he’s written this brief piece on leadership for Future Considerations. Highly...
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