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Are our worldviews holding us back, individually and corporately, from making the world a better place? – – – – – – – – – ...

Are you missing out on half the potential value of tackling your most difficult challenges? Surprisingly, many organizations are! And the reason for this is ...

If you have been invited to a facilitated meeting which includes a link to this page, this is what you can expect – – – ...

Introduction: In an era defined by rapid change and complex challenges, the ability to blend rational analysis with intuitive insight is more crucial than ever ...

Exercise and develop the more spiritual aspects of what makes you YOU; new self-development challenges every week Why take these challenges? To encourage and support ...

In metaverse* thinking, the focus is not so much on the ‘what’ as the ‘how’. Once you have the ‘how’ right, you can deliver almost ...

Our world, and our work, is ever-increasingly about change. And the expectation for our future, like it or not, is either that we competitively adapt ...

Facilitation is a lot simpler than it appears, and a lot more powerful too. Furthermore it is the essential leadership practice in readying people for ...

Use Practice Zones to develop skills and insights in people ahead of when they are needed. This helps build competence and confidence ahead of taking ...

Wellbeing leadership uses facilitative approaches to nurture supportive relationships. These make success more likely and reduce the stress of conflict and criticism. This article is ...

Well designed meetings are a vital and powerful tool for transforming the negative effects of stress into positive energy and excitement This article is part ...

Creative solutions to stress are more than just ideas – the very exercise of being creative can help resolve tensions and improve mental wellbeing at ...

Design thinking provides tools and solutions to help structure complexity and present it in a way that best utilises the human brain. This article is ...

Learning cultures are key to avoiding an overload of stress as we face greater levels of change. Key to making them work is embracing failure ...

Mental health issues challenge who we are – they question our identity. If we can help people better access the things that make them fully ...

As the rate of change and complexity grows, mental health at work is in decline. We need to build stress resilience into our working practices ...

Visioning workshops are the most powerful and sustainable means to pull your people together into a common purpose in support of your future success. They ...

How do adventurous visions provide a source of hope – engaging your people in a cause bigger than themselves? – – – – – – ...

Intuition is increasingly key to making fast effective decisions. But can we rely on it? Only if we refine its accuracy with better heuristics. – ...

In metaverse* thinking, the focus is not so much on the ‘what’ as the ‘how’. Once you have the ‘how’ right, you can deliver almost ...

A distillation of eight key themes from the many analyses of future business trends in the business press and from large consultancies – – – ...

by Dilip Popat and Mike Clargo Customer Success Management is key to ensuring your products and services are used to their fullest potential and impact ...

by Juergen Maier and Mike Clargo We have all gotten so busy. And it seems that, the more senior our role, the busier we are ...

In our article on ‘The Future of Change‘ we looked at the time dilemma facing those in leadership positions. Basically, how we need to overcome ...

I suspect you have heard the idea that the future is VUCA – a military acronym coined after 9/11 for volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous ...

Series 1 began on 5th January 2021 and completed on 25th January 2022. It has been a rich and varied exploration from a wide range ...

Pause for August We will be taking a small breather from the weekly adventures for the month of August. An opportunity to take stock, reflect, ...

“The future is a different country, they do things differently there”. At some point the future will become our place of residence. But, if we ...

Imagine yourself in the following situation … Your company has recognised the importance of trust to effective teamwork. You have been part of numerous trust ...

How can we use more of our inherent wisdom to make better decisions with a more secure outcome? – – – – – – – ...

What should be my response to an increasingly divided society, and those who seem to be intent on dividing it further? – – – – ...

The precise numbers change with time, but in relative terms the following in pretty accurate …. “If you have food in your fridge, clothes on ...

Gratitude is a phenomenal blessing to the person who feels that gratitude. It magnifies the appreciation and joy in the thing we feel gratitude for ...

Accessing deeper wisdom within ourselves In this video, Chris Blakeley of Waverley Learning explains some of the practices involved in using more of our mind, ...

Transcript Rumi, the 6th Century Poet and Philospher, asked: Why, in all the plenitude of God’s great universe, do you choose to fall asleep in this small, ...

3 reasons … Adventure, as a metaphor, describes the future we are all facing – the territory is unknown, wild, rapidly changing, treacherous, but with ...

Probably the most helpful definition of spirituality I have encountered came from an aboriginal Australian, Adrian Tucker, who describes it in the words on the ...

Why Pray? Who’s Listening? Well, yourself for one! And, frankly, that alone can make a big difference. Occasional times of prayer can do a lot for ...