Finding the Strength to Say “Yes”
“Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it....
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Hold Your Ideas Lightly
This is a simple metaphor to understand. When you are exploring the validity of an idea, hold your idea lightly – do not clutch it tightly to your chest. We often explore if an idea is valid in the...
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The Mindset of Failing
Learning about sport when I was young mainly involved cricket and football, I never really experienced tennis. My son has been playing since he was about 4 and this season has been enjoying playing as...
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Learning in Perpetual Beta
For today’s post I thought I would explore a little more deeply the themes and overlapping thinking surrounding my previous post about a Mindset of Failing. In particular I’d like to unpack this...
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What Makes People Creative?
When you start to explore the literature around the definition of creativity, or what it means to be creative, the lists and references go on and on. In this post I wanted to share a few key...
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Over the last few years I have developed three different lenses through which to see any creative inquiry process. When we are facilitating or planning with clients, schools and teachers we explicitly...
View ArticleHow One Man Overcame Ridicule and Changed Rocket Science Forever
The images of Pluto are amazing. The New Horizons space probe has been on a decade long mission to reach the dwarf planet. It would seem that this is just the first waypoint. Next on the itinerary is a...
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Change your thinking, change your mindset
A maxim that I have been testing, applying and thinking about a great deal over the last few years is that “nothing changes unless mindset changes.” On reflection, admittedly it is a little extreme,...
View ArticlePracticed Non-Judgementalism
Last year I spent time with Dr Neil Hopkin the Principal of The British International School in Shanghai. Within a plethora of expertise, he has been coaching for decades and I got the chance to absorb...
View ArticleWhat Makes People Creative?
When you start to explore the literature around the definition of creativity, or what it means to be creative, the lists and references go on and on. In this post I wanted to share a few key...
View ArticleToolset, Skillset, Mindset
Over the last few years I have developed three different lenses through which to see any creative inquiry process. When we are facilitating or planning with clients, schools and teachers we explicitly...
View ArticleHow One Man Overcame Ridicule and Changed Rocket Science Forever
The New Horizons space probe has been on a decade long mission to reach the dwarf planet Pluto, and the imagery is amazing. It would seem that this is just the first waypoint. Next on the itinerary is...
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Change your thinking, change your mindset
A maxim that I have been testing, applying and thinking about a great deal over the last few years is that “nothing changes unless mindset changes.” On reflection, admittedly it is a little extreme,...
View ArticlePracticed Non-Judgementalism
Last year I spent time with Dr Neil Hopkin the Principal of The British International School in Shanghai. Within a plethora of expertise, he has been coaching for decades and I got the chance to absorb...
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Detached, Distracted and Disillusioned? Regain Control Of Your Boundaries
Image by 愚木混株 Cdd20 Detached, distracted and disillusioned. There have been times in my life when my career was happening to me. It seemed that the control over the direction, intensity and pace of...
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