Teams

Getting the Trick of Teaming

In 2018, the world’s attention was briefly united on a boy’s soccer team from Thailand. In a disastrous turn of events, the group who had been exploring a cave system after practice became stuck in a cavern when heavy rainfall...

Storytelling To Transform

The work of a modern leader is diverse, but one thread runs through each of their many activities: influencing. A leader is faced with countless different stakeholders each needing to be brought a long a journey, coaxed forward, and engaged...

The Stewardship Mindset

Evolutionary biologists believe that one of the major reasons for the success of the human race has been our ability to work cooperatively in collectives. There’s no doubt that we often reach our highest potential in groups. From social justice...

Setting the Compass on Organisational Stewardship

Mentoring is a familiar concept. We understand intuitively that it relates to sharing wisdom, insights, and skills with another person and encouraging them to grow and flourish. In the best of scenarios, we would all have a mentor, sometimes more...

Finding Our Whole | The Shift from us AND Environment to us AS Environment

“The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works, and the way people think” – Gregory Bateson  The shift away from mechanistic thinking and old power paradigms into whole living-systems thinking has brought with...

Four Practices for Building Regenerative Organisational Cultures

​Our thinking is shifting. No longer are we focused solely on sustainability as our long-term goal. Instead, we are seeking more regenerative futures. Regenerative thinking is about creating the conditions conducive to life. It asks us: what makes life flourish...

Creative Courtyards | Making Space For Creativity

It’s been said that creative thought is at the core of human progress. In this context, it can be seen as the reason we enjoy our contemporary way of living and technological advancements. And yet creative thought is still regarded...

Sharing Knowledge – The Power Of The Collective

“More than ever before, knowledge sharing is being led by people, culture and context.” Jody Turner, Future Trends.  According to a study conducted of Fortune 500 companies in the early 2000s, the estimated annual cost of knowledge loss is around...

Improv for Agile Mindsets

As leaders are increasingly required to facilitate more collaborative, agile workspaces, so too must our skill bases and the focus of our professional development shift. More and more we need to hone our ability to listen, communicate, and learn to...