Connections, connecting, connectivity 2020 has proved to be an unexpected, exceptional, original, unusual, out of the ordinary, disconcerting, disruptive year. A bolt out of the blue. The COVID-19 pandemic has been ‘programme’ in technology terms that wreaked havoc in...
Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
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The journey of 1000 miles does indeed begin with one step. That first step is the crucial one to take. That first step takes the most effort. That first step gives the greatest satisfaction once taken. Once that first step is taken it is simple to take the next...
Four Agreements Code for life
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Choices are powerful
CHOICE IS POWER Choice is power ... not over other people but over ourselves. Choice is the fuel that gives us energy and momentum. Choices can be tough. Choices are always there. Choices can be a choice to or a choice not to. Making choices links us up to a huge...
Brené Brown quote
5 words can change the world
Daring to disrupt The challenge: dare to engage in, indulge in, explore riot revolution and rebellion to get what you want rather than what you find you’ve got! Con-tr-acts … agree-ments where are the traps - the honey traps, the butterfly nets, the black holes how...
Square peg, round peg, square hole, round hole
What if …? What might …? How could …? How is it …? Why do we cling on to a fixed mindset re leadership? What preconceived ideas or assumptions guide our judgement? What do we allow to persuade, even force, us to see the spin versus the reality? Why do we give...