“I don’t have the bandwidth right now.” A semi-modern saying, meaning “there isn’t the mental capacity available to deal with whatever it is that someone is trying to add on.” While it’s very true that cognitive load is a drain on energy and can heavily compromise decision making skills (therefore impacting tasks that are already...

“If you are listening with all kinds of prejudices, that is a wrong way of listening; it is really a way of not listening. You appear to be listening, but you are only hearing not listening.” – OSHO When we are going through turbulent times, often we just want to be heard. But it’s more...

Recently I interviewed Jozef Frucek from Fighting Monkey on a podcast*. One of the things he talks about is bringing someone into a group setting in his workshops and “opening up the space”: “OK, you are into “movement,” let’s see you move.” No constraints, no starting point, just go. Obviously, for most of us, we’d...

You can’t. You can automate your emails, your blogs, your client on boarding processes… You can use social media to keep up with friends and family… You can even send a video of your dog to a friend in a message. But you still aren’t coming close to the emotional effort that is required (and...

I remember when the first iPod came out. My friend Adam got one. I thought it was ridiculous, and far too expensive. When the iPhone came out, here’s what Steve Balmer from Microsoft had to say. The thing is, when we are confronted by the new, we don’t know what to do. It breaks our...

We all had a time in school where we were picked last. Maybe it was in a game of softball or “bull-rush,” Or maybe it was more subtle – like a late invite to a party, or a teacher not acknowledging our work. We waited until we were picked, and our subconscious was assessing how...

To work “out” is to expend energy, express capacity, to stimulate and to expand. If there are adequate resources*, this stimulus is the stimulus for growth, change and adaptation. To work “in” is to accumulate energy and to re-vitalise. While the stimulus sparks the adaptation, the “working in,” or the restorative process facilitates the adaptation....

When I was young, growing up I did a lot of skateboarding. “Skate or die” basically. We would practice a trick, over and over… and over. Eventually kinda getting it. I went in two contests I think, but was never very good. I was too hit or miss. We had a friend though, Nick Lister....