A few days a go I featured a series of tweets from Arash Mazinani about the lack of ‘real life’ and usable help for people in blog posts, articles, etc. and I asked him to follow it up: Andrew’s last post shared a series of tweets I’d recently posted. In those tweets I’d expressed a… Read More Don’t just talk about it
I was in a session last week with 40 other people. There were 11 men in the group – including me – and near the end of the session came an opportunity for people to feed back publicly. Of course you know what happened before I tell you. 4 men spoke and one woman. So… Read More 1 in 4
I saw this cartoon in the New Yorker last week and it reminded me that everything starts from zero. The important point is that everything starts – if it doesn’t start it’ll only ever be an idea. Don’t start today – Monday is an awful day to start – plan to start tomorrow. #ItStartsWithMe
Groups are great ways to meet new people but I much prefer to use them to create communities. Communities rarely let me down and people mostly follow through with what they offer. Communities are fluid and flexible and able to respond at pace. Communities give me confidence since everyone is an expert as something. Communities… Read More It takes a village
I’ve mentioned before that integrity doesn’t have an off button. I was tested on this recently when I was offered a paid opportunity to speak. However, I would have been facilitating another man in a conversation and my requirement to break the bias for male speakers meant I had to decline. Will that damage my… Read More Test your values
Lost and Desperate 