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Tag Archives: Words
Quiet Leadership: Every Day
This week i am #WorkingOutLoud to share extracts from an upcoming book on Quiet Leadership. This piece sits in the section on ‘Humility’, and asks why we take ‘the smallest of actions’. Why bother to take small actions? If we … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership
Tagged Change, Leadership, Quiet Leadership, Small Actions, Thoughts, Words
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A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words
Today i’m sharing a range of new illustrations for the 2nd Edition of the Social Leadership Handbook: i’m updating a lot of the images, adding some new aspects in, tidying others up. I find it surprising how much my own … Continue reading
I am in a Bookshop
I am in a bookshop. The biggest bookshop i have ever been in. Two city blocks, rambling over four floors. The bookshop has it’s own car park. The bookshop has a coffee shop. The bookshop has a rare bookshop inside … Continue reading
Posted in Book
Tagged Books, Bookshop, eBooks, Literacy, Longreads, Paper, Patti Smith, Printing, Project Gutenberg, Reading, Star Wars, terry pratchett, Words, Writing
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What’s With Words?
It was with some pride that i first introduced myself as a writer, although it took a number of years before i stopped feeling too fraudulent. It was a badge, i figured, i had a reason to take. I write … Continue reading
The Difference of Digital: are all Conversations Equal?
Some things feel right, some feel wrong, and some are just different. That’s what’s at the heart of my thinking today. I remember the first time i went on camera: painfully awkward, the sound of my own voice was weird, … Continue reading
Posted in Communication
Tagged Communication, Context, Conversation, Language, Leadership, Military, Music, Semantics, Social Age, Social Capital, Social Leadership, Stance, Technology, Tone of Voice, Words
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Voices
Whispering in the wind, echoing through hallways, buzzing like an angry fly down a bad phone line or whispered tenderly late at night. Voices of purpose and intent, voices that implore or beg us to take action, bullying or directive … Continue reading
Posted in Communication
Tagged Art, Authenticity, Communication, Community, Dance, Learning, Momentum, Music, Painting, Purpose, Social Age, Subversive Voices, Tone of Voice, Voices, Words, Writing
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Potential for confusion: expression and intent
Message received is often not message sent: the potential for confusion is significant. In fact, getting your message across is a significant challenge through any channel. I’ve spent the week sharing ideas with a great group of people: we build … Continue reading
Posted in Communication
Tagged Communication, Confusion, Culture, Images, Intent, Pictures, Social Age, Songs, Sound, Understanding, Words
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Words about learning: journeyman
I’ve shared this story before: in the old days, watermills and windmills littered the countryside. You took your grain there to be ground between giant millstones. Those stones slowly wore down, the grooves cut in their surface faded away, until … Continue reading
Posted in Experience, Learning, Words, Words About Learning
Tagged Carving, Holiday, Journeyman, Learning, Mills, Millwright, New York, Show Your Mettle, Stone, Words, Words About Learning, Work
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Words about learning: weathering
Yesterday i wrote about sculpture: but what happens when it’s finished and left outside? First it gleams, standing out from it’s environment, then it develops a patina, it starts to fit in. Finally it degrades, slowly becoming part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Knowledge, Learning, Words, Words About Learning
Tagged Agile, Agility, Art, Erosion, Learning, New York, Patina, Weathering, Words, Words About Learning
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