I was an event last week and someone asked me: "What are the biggest challenges to growth and future success that your clients face?" I thought about it for a moment and realised that there are three of them. Two that everyone is aware of and one that hardly anyone thinks about. The first two … Continue reading What three things
Category: Big Questions
On loss and thinking about the future
Since I hit 50 earlier this year I've definitely had deeper, existential thoughts more often. Questioning and reaffirming to myself the career path that I'm on. Wondering about the message I carry to my clients. Considering how mine and my wife's lives are changing as our children grow and become less dependent on us. You … Continue reading On loss and thinking about the future
Let’s fix what’s actually broken
There’s a lot in the news at the moment about the UK Government trying to get more people back into work who are off with long term mental health problems. On the face of it, that seems like a good thing. Unfortunately though, I fear that what will actually happen is that people suffering from … Continue reading Let’s fix what’s actually broken
My big problem with using AI content
You’d have to have been living under a rock for the last year or more not to have heard of ChatGPT. But for those unfamiliar with this phenomenon, it's a Large Language Model (LLM) AI tool developed by Open AI and now backed by Microsoft. It’s a very, very clever tool. Type in a few … Continue reading My big problem with using AI content
The future’s bright
It’s a very human, very natural thing to think about the future. As far as we know, we are the only species which does so, at least to any meaningful degree. To be able to think beyond the problems of the moment (the predator approaching, the earth tremor, the next meal etc.) and imagine a … Continue reading The future’s bright
Travellers
Other people. Other people are traffic. Other people fill up the shopping centre on the weekend. Other people pack the tube train carriage. Other people make stupid decisions. They are all in my way, because my journey is the most important. They don’t understand what I’m thinking or the unique set of problems I’m dealing … Continue reading Travellers
Beliefs
Don't decry things you've believed in the past that no longer hold true for you. Don't beat yourself up for the years that you held to a different truth than that which sustains you now. Good or bad, right or wrong, those beliefs and times shaped you into who you are at this moment. And … Continue reading Beliefs
Simple work vs. the cost of living
Back in 2020, while in the middle of a lengthy renovation of our front garden, I wrote a post about monotonous work. I found myself thinking about that again today. You see, in the kind of work that I do (professional services/management consultancy), sometimes I finish a day’s work and wonder what I have actually … Continue reading Simple work vs. the cost of living
That Richard Bloke 