A few weeks ago, I was waiting in the reception of a large consultancy, together with a few other people… We were sharing our space in that typical big-city way, where the done thing is to avoid eye contact, and stare pointedly at a newspaper or one of the free magazines on offer, while waiting for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘community’
the power of Kit-kat
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged communication, community, connection, cooking on 22/11/2009 | 1 Comment »
Away from the binary
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged coaching, community, extremes, middle ground, settling for on 19/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things that I’ve learnt through coaching is how much we’ve come to rely on the ‘either/or’ (1/0, black/white, digital/analogue, individual/community, rational/emotional, left/right, highbrow/lowbrow, East/West, machines/humans) view of the world. And how we’re often stumped into a false decision-making choice, when the true choice would be to integrate both views, and find a [...]
A digital cigarette
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged communication, community, mindfulness, reflection on 08/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve set up this blog as a moment of reflection in the daily grind of busy-ness and action, as a way for me to ponder mindfully on some of the thoughts and ideas constantly streaming through my brain, and then by sharing them with others, hopefully to link to a bigger community of bloggers, thinkers and [...]