Not the triumphant “I beat cancer!” bell, which I’ve now rung in both 2024 and 2026. Not the cinematic, slow-motion hospital hallway bell where everyone claps like you just won

May 18, 2026

Recently I was in a discussion with a group of guys and the subject of how we listen to others came up. We talked about our own habits when it

May 17, 2026

I am witnessing a “productivity versus trust” tension trap playing out daily across boardrooms and bedrooms. Managing it effectively will protect your impact and energy during major transitions. First, a

May 16, 2026

The future has arrived. Stop preparing for it and start living it. I’m writing this on my 67th birthday, and something is very clear to me: my 60s are shaping

May 15, 2026

One evening at “formal hall” at the University of Cambridge’s Homerton College, we witnessed the unexpected: a barn owl named ‘Minnie’ gliding silently through the Great Hall, then perching on

May 14, 2026

There’s an old story I first heard from the mythologist Michael Meade, one that begins in a place many people recognize. In the early years of the world—“back in the

May 13, 2026

By midlife, most of us have learned something important: pushing harder doesn’t always help. We’ve powered through enough seasons to know that ‘toughing it out’ has limits. Life gets more

May 12, 2026

My cohort at MEA chose to call themselves: The Coddiewomplers. Chip shared its definition in one of his recent posts — to travel in a purposeful manner toward a vague

May 11, 2026

Why This Matters for Leaders I am writing and sharing my thoughts here for one reason, that I recognise now that the awareness Heidegger has brought to me around my

May 10, 2026

Authentic purpose-led leadership is only fully available to a leader brave enough to confront their own finitude. This statement is the “executive summary” of this “long read” over the next

May 9, 2026

Not loud— but faithful. A metronome beneath the ribs since my mother’s breath went quiet and mine learned its own uncertainty. I used to move with ambition. Now I move

May 8, 2026

Then I read Rumi whisper, “Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”   Radiant, there, meant cosmic— not polished, but burning. And William Wordsworth gave us

May 7, 2026