It can feel unsettling when life is in a transition phase. The reality is things are always changing so it is better to focus on making changes for the better. We only know what we know at any given moment. As situations and people around us flux and flow, the direction of our own lives…
How do you learn about someone? Listen to their story. In July this year I ran a workshop with Megan Spencer, Deep Storytelling : Creating A Culture of Connection. We assisted an amazing group of people's ability to refine their own story and create a community around their message. The focus of this project was…
Live a good story. Bend the rules. Take a calculated risk. To have a good story to tell, you must be out there living it. Your narrative is what binds you to other people. These connections build relationships which in turn can build your business. Get out there doing, talking and meeting people. Stop worrying…
I am sitting in the office of a guest house in Bangkok. I have two large husky dogs at my feet and one under my chair. It is the end of a very long journey. I am waiting to go to the airport. I need to talk myself onto a plane, because I missed my…
The red of the double decker buses contrasted against the blue British summer sky. Piccadilly Circus buzzed with laughter as people enjoyed the pleasure of a warm afternoon. I located the coworking space I was looking for, Impact Hub Westminster, located in the New Zealand Embassy on Haymarket Street. I am in London, the second…
The lack of street noise wakes me up. The city that doesn’t sleep does have its quiet moments and for the Lower East Side that appears to be 6 am. It is the morning of my first Twitterversity workshop on my world tour with Impact Hub coworking spaces. The first cab off the rank is…
Set things in motion and then sit back and see what happens. See what comes back to you. I went to New Orleans and got sucked into a world of music, wonder and magic. The music of the streets collided with the stench of mouldy humidity and that vibrancy made magic happen. Voodoo, hoodoo call…
Lean start up methodology urges us to fail fast and often. Design thinking asks you to prototype and ideate. Workplace cultures are striving to become less structured so we can have the space to play and discover. Are these new ideas? I would argue no, ever heard the old adage, “If at first you don’t…
Be flexible, be positive and let all of your expectations go. When traveling you can end up anywhere. And this ‘anywhere’ is usually never where we think it will be. We will make the wrong choice, commit too soon and get lost. All of this is good for you. Getting lost takes you to places…
And then it happened… I used to think that the most magical phrase in storytelling was, ‘What happened next?’ But now I understand that we need the release from the next and the new of each chapter. We need to pause for a moment in a place and rest before the next twist and turn.…
Storytelling Built For Innovation 