The practice that changes how we think
In a world of instant answers, the radical advantage we still have is that of independent thinking. It pulses ease and care… It calls on life. When I first came across […]
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Why Joy is in The Pause
This is a reflection on joy: how it emerges, sometimes discreetly, even in difficult conditions. What happens when thinking together with deep attention becomes alive, unfinished, and shared? And what might joy, as the fruit of a thinking environment, make possible in the wider world? I was first reminded of this at a gathering in Somerset last year, where Satish Kumar (pacifist, ecologist,…
A Relational Retreat in the Old Kitchen
What Happens When Women in Social Finance Slow Down Together? Last weekend, a group of women from the vibrant Women in Social Finance network gathered for their annual retreat in the Old Kitchen, tucked into Kenwood House , an artistic Georgian mansion on Hampstead Heath in London. The first invitation was simple: to step away from job titles, mandates and transactions, and meet one another as…
May Calendar: Rethinking Soft Boundaries
This month, the calendar is inviting us to rethink and understand Soft Boundaries, one small question at a time… A call to listen for the quiet architecture of relationship, where it asks for shape, softness, distance, closeness, honesty, or rest. In this architecture, care can have edges, and edges can still be tender. Which question asks for our companionship? Through slow noticing, feel what…
Letter to a Leader Coach #1
Dear Leader I came out of a couple of coaching sessions today with leaders wondering how to be in relationship with their team members in a way that is focused and supportive, while still allowing space for exploration, autonomy and creative thinking… especially when the answers aren’t yet downloadable or accessible for the team member… The onus isn’t only on the team member. Something essential…
Commitment Rethought
Commitment is rarely about discipline alone. It lives in relationships, conditions, and what remains unspoken when we say yes… Here’s why. I had a very cool gathering with team coaching colleagues this week on Commitment. We often frame commitment as: “Will I follow through?” And when it fades, we sometimes label it as a lack of discipline. But what actually sits underneath a “yes” that doesn’t…
Not All Knowing Wants to Be Measured – a Warm Data Lab Story
A reflection on hosting a Warm Data Lab in Ipswich and what it reveals about how we learn, relate, and make sense of complexity The marina was drenched in the sun that Wednesday evening during Ipswich Thrive Business Festival. A group of people from diverse horizons, jobs, and countries gathered at the University of Suffolk’s Waterfront for a shared experience where stories grow and connect…
6 Micro Experiments to Help Us Face Conflict
Conflict is not only about what we believe; it is about the conditions under which we are asked to think together. Rather than debating polarisation at the level of content, we can cultivate a countercultural, trust-rich, imaginative way of being together, one that undercuts the soil in which violence thrives. When we look for questions that soften the ground, honour difference, and invite ease…
What have we inherited in how we imagine change?
Control Tunnel vision and di-vision G.r.o.w.t.h ghosts When I hear about the survival of the fittest, my bones ache… Fitness for what? For whom? Where? The evolutionary jam on my […]
A Small Gift for a Buddying Facilitator
(from what I learned from my failures and the feasts) #FacilitationWeek I’ve been thinking about the unseen labour and quiet courage it takes to hold space for others. Facilitation is not about directing from certainty, but about staying present inside the unpredictable field of human sense-making. So, in support of all buddying facilitators, especially those learning through both their feasts and…