The short read: Leaders from countries across the globe have gathered at COP26 to put plans in play to move the temperature needle lower. It requires negotiation that leads to consensus. It requires behaviour modification. Is that possible? I fully understand the economic pressures on countries ranging from those capable of holding...
“Tell me more about Recovery Mode” was the predominant question back from my readers, who were intrigued after reading about it in the Integration week edition. Here are some answers that barely scratch the surface of this topic: Data hoarders We are living at a moment in time when information is...
Consolidation and Recovery Have you come across the concept of an integration week? I was introduced to the idea in a "Year of Living Brilliantly" with Michael Bungay Stanier. Every 6-7 weeks, he breaks away from the rhythm of the 5-minute nuggets of video wisdom from his diverse portfolio of 30+...
When my hungry-going-on-hangry four-year-old tugged on my skirt for the eighth time in three minutes and asked “What’s for dinner?”, they were met with a blank stare. Not because I didn’t care, but because I had just not planned that far ahead. Then I discovered a 7-day meal plan in...
If Writing in Community is training as a sous chef, Then Build a Second Brain is figuring out my mise en place, And Write of Passage is teaching me flavour profiles and plating. How three writing courses helped me improve as a writer. “What are we grateful for this year?” We are all gathered around...
I’d dreaded becoming an empty nester. The very phrase had me on the edge of tears, visions of gazing into the void. I needed a rebrand. “Wait. What am I moping about? I asked myself. “Isn’t this the very goal we’ve been working towards all these years? To raise responsible independent...
"Can we have two golds?" asked Barshim, making the Impossible suddenly possible. "This is beyond sport. This is the message we deliver to the young generation." Barshim A story of fulfillment - and also friendship This is a tale of fulfillment, of friendship and of turning "big I" Impossible into possible. It is a...
"365? That's impossible!" It crept up on me suddenly. As I added one to my daily writing counter of the day, I realized that I have been writing for 365 days. A full year of consecutive days of writing. What started out as an exercise in discipline and continuity has delivered...
Today marks 365 days of showing up daily and making my mark. I will not lie. It was not easy, especially on lazy, warm summer nights, or Zoom-ed-out days. One day, all I could manage was a simple "I woz 'ere. Exhausted. Tank is empty." But somehow over the space of...
