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Prototype Life

·Dec 14, 2020

The gift of 2020

We are sitting here planning a holiday season without grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. We live in France in a community of international families. Extended family close enough to drive here for Christmas is the exception rather than the norm for our circle and we were going to…

Life Lessons

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The gift of 2020
The gift of 2020
Life Lessons

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Jun 25, 2020

A viral awakening for business

The covid-19 pandemic has shown us what we have always known but mostly choose to ignore; that we live in uncertainty and unexpected events can happen at any time. The next half century will have many of these unexpected events relating to disease, climate, famine, war, and pollution. …

Strategy

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A viral awakening for business
A viral awakening for business
Strategy

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Prototype Life

·Jun 15, 2020

The productivity myth: A case for doing less but being more

I have been fascinated with Keanu Reeves for a long time. I think he might be the only actor that I truly bother admiring. I love that he spanned Bill and Ted and the Matrix, inhabiting those iconic roles at the polar opposite end of some continuum with funny feel…

Personal Development

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The productivity myth: A case for doing less but being more
The productivity myth: A case for doing less but being more
Personal Development

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Prototype Life

·May 3, 2020

What comes after this?

There is a collective grieving happening. A grieving for what we thought our lives were, before the coronavirus and lockdown. I am grieving something that I am finding difficult to name. Innocence perhaps? I want this experience to mean something. To mark the beginning of something important. But am I…

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What comes after this?
What comes after this?

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Mar 31, 2020

I don’t want to die alone

During this pandemic crisis I came down with a really bad head cold that lasted a few days replete with lots of sneezing, nasal congestion and general lethargy. This was not unusual for me in the springtime. …

Covid-19

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I don’t want to die alone
I don’t want to die alone
Covid-19

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May 21, 2018

Changing whilst flying Qantas

Arthur liked to tinker with engines. All engines really, but aeroplanes in particular. When the new plane arrived he set to taking it apart and putting it back together again. Conditions in the far north of Australia were hot and harsh. He had to modify the original design of both…

Airlines

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Changing whilst flying Qantas
Changing whilst flying Qantas
Airlines

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Prototype Life

·Nov 10, 2015

Evolving dinosaurs in the age of the unicorn

Bammm. The meteor hits the earth. A few dinosaurs are killed outright. Those that avoided death by meteor happily go back to grazing or hunting unaware that a major ecological change is also happening and that their death is imminent. Sixty six million years later… It is your job to…

Innovation

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Evolving dinosaurs in the age of the unicorn
Evolving dinosaurs in the age of the unicorn
Innovation

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Prototype Life

·Oct 1, 2015

Let’s make strategies that move us

It was 9 am Monday morning and I settled in the back of a strategy roadshow clutching my coffee. The CEO of the organisation was getting ready to speak. I sat down and looked around. There was a quiet sense of anticipation. Folk looked fresh and ready to listen. Great…

Strategy

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Let’s make strategies that move us
Let’s make strategies that move us
Strategy

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May 4, 2014

Lean-in toward a more human way to work

I was sitting on my couch earlier today. Princess T, who is 4 and changes her outfit at least as many times as that per day and little L, who follows her around like a shadow but tries to avoid being dressed up (18months) were playing downstairs in their room. …

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Lean-in toward a more human way to work
Lean-in toward a more human way to work

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