What's really behind the risk-aversion, the silos and the transactional relationships showing up in so many organisations right now?

In this post I explore why disconnection, not capability, is at the heart of many cultural challenges, and why the path forward starts somewhere simpler, and more human, than many leaders expect, the quality of everyday conversations.

Coaching isn’t a calendar invite, it’s a habit of leadership.

As the pressure on leaders to deliver more, with less, intensifies, bringing a coaching mindset into the flow of everyday work has never been so important.

3 practical disciplines to build into your leadership toolbox - without booking another meeting!

The water we are swimming in : becoming more aware of our noble certainties

My reflections on the wonderful book by Robin Wall Kimmerer - Braiding Sweetgrass : Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Failing and flailing and learning to swim.

It’s been a life-affirming month

The most important life lessons I have ever learned have been hidden in some unexpected, and distinctly unglamorous, places

Oliver Burkeman’s brilliant book Four Thousand Weeks has me thinking (and laughing at myself).

You can always tell when a person has worked in a restaurant. There’s an empathy that can only be cultivated by those who’ve stood between a hungry mouth and a $28 pork chop….

The work is thankless and fun and messy, and the world would be a kinder place if more people tried it. With all due respect to my former professors, I’ve long believed I gained more knowledge in kitchens, bars, and dining rooms than any college could even hold" - Anthony Bourdain, 1956 - 2018

Reflections from watching this weekends RNZ Navy graduation on the power of rituals to create cohesion, belonging and a sense of stability.

What do the rituals in your organisation convey to those on the ‘inside’ and to those on the ‘outside’?

Reflections on the strangest of years and the surprises life brings