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  • How did we get here? On the slow drift toward ‘normal’

    I was in a meeting recently when someone made a comment that landed badly. Not dramatically – just one of those moments where the energy in the room shifts slightly, a brief awkwardness, then everyone moves on. What struck me wasn’t the comment itself, but the speed at which we all absorbed it and carried…

  • A misdiagnosis of tempo

    The role of temporal alignment in sustainable change Have you come across the ‘Red Queen hypothesis‘? Borne from the Lewis Carroll masterpiece, it captures the Red Queen’s observation: “It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice…

  • Of scarcity, evolution, and choice

    I’ve been thinking lately about scarcity – not so much the literal absence of resources, but the way the sense of scarcity spreads. You can sense it right now – a kind of social tightness to things, a protectiveness creeping into everyday life. People behave as though something essential is running out – space, belonging,…

  • Uncanny

    Every so often, I notice a pattern. Someone at work decides I’m brilliant. Yes, I know how that sounds, but I have years of data on this. They tell me I’m refreshing, articulate, incisive. They’re energised by the way I think, the way I bring new perspectives and challenge. But then, more slowly, over time,…

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    A note from the edge

    On the stretch between momentum and meaning-making. Everything seems to have slowed at once. At work, the first phase of a long project has drawn to a close; the team is pausing to let new patterns bed in before we add more. In my studies, the rhythm has shifted too — from the certainty of…

  • One breath longer

    Airtime, egos and the Japanese concept of Ma. Have you noticed how the same few voices do most of the talking? Not because they’re necessarily wrong or ill-intentioned, but because meetings tend to demand – and reward – speed and certainty. But, if minutes are finite, then one person’s speech is someone else’s silence. In…