A Touching Example of a Transforming Moment Based on an event during the Grenfell Fire disaster in London June 2017 In the early hours of June 14th a 24-story block of publicly owned apartments was on fire. The fire started in the early hours of the morning and rapidly spread to all 24 floors causing eventually … Continued
Sunday afternoons in London often find me pottering around the house doing chores and quietly getting ready for the week ahead. I know that time is moving on when BBC Radio 4 Gardener’s Question Time becomes my background listening. I have a tiny, city garden and I don’t really have green fingers, yet I am … Continued
Teppo Ali-Mattila’s book “Puikoissa” explores why so many Finnish conductors are internationally successful Two decades ago, in a post-concert event Teppo Ali-Mattila was publicly interviewing the conductor, Okko Kamu, and asked: “Why have so many Finnish conductors become internationally successful?”. Kamu responded by saying that many Finnish conductors often have played in an orchestra themselves … Continued
I wonder how many of you, like me, have wondered how best to use one’s experience, skills and knowledge in the world? This can happen at any stage in life but for me it was particularly an issue upon ‘retirement’ from the full responsibilities of a CEO role and the demands involved – into what? … Continued
Leaving home and coming home – its a recurring theme for me at the moment as I write this I’m sitting in the garden of my brothers house in rural Essex, a place where I was brought up till I was eighteen until I went away to university in the north of England. Since then … Continued
I work in international software business and on my journey searching for learning about leadership I’ve come across Amara. Within the last six months I’ve participated in two separate Amara workshops and while they’ve provided plenty of great thoughts and techniques – mindfulness training is one of them. Right before the first workshop I read through Bill Torbert’s book Action Inquiry, … Continued