Treat Life as an Adventure: The Mindset Shift Your Team Needs!

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When we frame our work—and life—missions as adventures, we unlock more than just goal-setting; we ignite resilience, creativity, flow, and purpose within our teams. True adventures, especially in the great outdoors, push us beyond comfort zones and help us thrive in uncertainty and complexity. Imagine your team on an adventure-based development offsite, engaging in hands-on … Continue reading Treat Life as an Adventure: The Mindset Shift Your Team Needs!

Leaders Should Come with a Health Warning.

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“So, how’s your level 3 leadership course going?” I casually asked a junior officer from an emergency service. “It’s alright, but taking up a lot of time,” they replied. “Do you reckon it’ll make you a better leader?” “My boss is a level 7 and he’s still a tw*t!” came the sharp response. This exchange … Continue reading Leaders Should Come with a Health Warning.

🌍 From Mercenaries to Missionaries: Embracing Business as a Force for Good 🌍

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I wrote 'From Mercenaries to Missionaries' with two aims in mind. 1️⃣ To highlight that, like all things in the natural world, businesses move through lifecycles. Every decision we make has impacts—some unintended—that ripple through the complex ecosystems we operate in. 2️⃣ To challenge the prevalent mechanistic mindset dominating the business world, which is too … Continue reading 🌍 From Mercenaries to Missionaries: Embracing Business as a Force for Good 🌍

The Power of Disruption: Can Protests Change Politics and Injustice?

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Disruptive protests. Do they actually change politics and tackle injustice? They absolutely can, but it’s not always straightforward. Why Disruption Works: Take the recent “Just Stop Oil” protests here in the UK. These activists have been causing quite a stir, blocking roads and staging sit-ins to push for urgent climate action. Five of them even … Continue reading The Power of Disruption: Can Protests Change Politics and Injustice?

🚀Why Adventure-Based Learning Experiences Are the Ultimate Soft Skills Development Tool & Really Impactful for On-Boarding New Recruits!🚀

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In today’s fast-paced world, developing key interpersonal and behavioural skills is essential for personal and professional growth. Adventure Experiences such as mini-expeditions, Secret Agent Days, Walkshops, Thrivability Days, Dynamic Teaming Days provide an unparalleled platform for this development. 🌟 What Do We Mean by Soft Skills? 🌟 Soft skills encompass the interpersonal and behavioural attributes … Continue reading 🚀Why Adventure-Based Learning Experiences Are the Ultimate Soft Skills Development Tool & Really Impactful for On-Boarding New Recruits!🚀

Be More Bee!

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In our evolutionary journey, collaboration has been our greatest asset. We evolved together, learning and growing as a collective. But somewhere along the way, hierarchy and power seized control, stifling change and innovation. When those in power bask in the current paradigm, their inner chump emerges. These chumps fear two things: not getting what they … Continue reading Be More Bee!

The End of Flat Earth Business?

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In the not-too-distant future, our current economic and social systems, rooted in capitalism and hierarchy, will be viewed with the same skepticism as 'Flat Earth' thinking. As awareness spreads, more people will recognise that the present paradigm champions—a few winners in a 'compete and control' world—distort and manipulate reality to maintain their dominance. Often unwittingly. … Continue reading The End of Flat Earth Business?

How Long are we going to wait?😃

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In an era marked by unprecedented challenges and complexities, it's evident that we are not merely facing a single crisis, but rather, a convergence of multiple crises — a polycrisis. From climate change to social inequality, from technological disruption to global health emergencies, not to mention a meaning crisis! The landscape of our world is … Continue reading How Long are we going to wait?😃

“Please can you help me to understand what you are offering?”

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Potential employee to business owner who is trying to hire them: "You would like me to come to work every day, to work under your direction, so that I can help you achieve your dream of becoming a successful entrepreneur." "Treating me as a subordinate, paying me a fraction of what you're earning until you … Continue reading “Please can you help me to understand what you are offering?”

🤔 Question for a Liminal World 🌍

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Are we blindly speeding towards progress without questioning the direction? We find ourselves in a state of transition or ambiguity, where the old ways of thinking or doing things no longer apply, yet the new ways haven't fully emerged or been established. It's like standing on the threshold between two rooms, unsure of what lies … Continue reading 🤔 Question for a Liminal World 🌍