Boards represent the strategic decision-making authority of an organisation and are ultimately accountable when things go wrong for the organisation. Effective boards have voting rights and clear lines of delegation to the executive – the senior management team running the organisation on a daily basis, typically headed up by the chief executive. In terms ofContinue Reading Board size and Business Flexibility (BFL)
‘There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.’ Aeschylus ‘People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.’ Otto von Bismarck ‘People can choose between the sweet lie or the bitter truth. I say the bitter truth, but many people don’tContinue Reading Fake News and Personal Flexibility
‘A good director makes a playground and allows you to play.’ Martin Landau ‘People think that the director’s direct actors. No. Really, what the director’s doing is directing the audience’s eye through the film.’ Julianne Moore ‘Directing is very close to choreography; you deal with space, time, emotions, lighting, making beautiful images.’ Benjamin Millepied ‘IContinue Reading Design, Control, Film Directing and Personal Flexibility
Driving. Ok, firstly, a few credentials… I’ve been lucky. In a driving ‘career’ spanning some 42 years, I’ve caused zero traffic accidents, that I know of. Once in a car full of reckless teenagers, I was in the back of a car that tilted sideways (without quite overturning), when it hit the curb while takingContinue Reading Driving and Personal Flexibility
Thriving planet with unlimited potential for great ideas, invites applications from interested candidates. Essential Criteria: Must be 100% human, with creases and scars to prove it. Must have a strong self-belief, without being delusional. Must see being flexible & practising flexible thinking as a calling. Not a chore. Must be willing at interview to provideContinue Reading Help Wanted Ad – Personal Flexibility
‘The idea of Juilliard was that it would give you this toolbox full of skills that you could take with you and apply to anything.’ Robin Williams ‘I think educational systems have to be more nimble, have to be more adapted to today’s realities where students can go in different directions and professionalize even faster.Continue Reading Upskilling and Personal Flexibility
‘Many of life’s failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up.’ Thomas Edison ‘Fall seven times and stand up eight.’ Japanese proverb ‘Success is not final, failure is not final. It is the courage to continue that counts.’ Winston Churchill 2018 is almost over. I hopeContinue Reading 2019 Resolutions and Personal Flexibility
The first wave of software technology hitting us on a personal level, was arguably being able to create our own databases (list management), create spreadsheets (models and calculations). And use email (share files and communicate). Like building a water slide, we discovered if you planned the (software) requirements well, the resulting outputs happened fast &Continue Reading Can software improve your Personal Flexibility?
‘Failure is not falling down, it is not getting up again.’ Mary Pickford ‘Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can’t. The old boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth.’ Willem Dafoe ‘Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles theContinue Reading Flexitypes for Personal Growth
I’m an adventurer at heart. I’m comfortable in big cities of the World, but it’s fair to say that the outdoors are my second home. People who aren’t adventurers, think adventurers must be miserable. And never content with what they have. My view, and I know I don’t necessarily speak for other adventurers, is thatContinue Reading A walk on the Flexibility wildside