Tag: wisdom

The ebb and flow 

When I was an undergraduate student I spent most of my university breaks in Zambia, setting up our SKIP project there. People used to ask me what the difference was between life in UK and life in Zambia and why I was so enamoured with it.  My response invariably went something like this… In the …

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The Power of Narrative

Recently I had the pleasure of travelling to Portugal to teach on a Healthcare Leadership School and exploring my passion for narrative as a leadership philosophy and methodology. Here is the first in a series of posts about this experience! A crash course in using public narrative to translate values and inspire change We delivered …

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A lesson in self management

Today’s lesson… Mindfulness, being present in the moment… What can I learn from what is in front of me now? Not looking to yesterday or tomorrow. Trainers the world over unite! The positive energy I see whenever I meet a new trainer is truly wonderful and inspiring. Today it may just have saved me from …

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