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What is humanity’s single greatest invention?
I would argue, the wheel. And I’d bet whoever discovered it was easier to move heavy objects using a circular disc would have seen just one use for their hugely consequential invention. So often, a solution to one problem has multiple downstream impacts which only become apparent in the fulness of time. Imagine a world…
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Failure is not an option
I was chatting with a wine farmer friend the other day. “How’s the harvest going?” I asked, aware of the challenges posed by the unseasonably wet summer. “I wouldn’t be a proper farmer if I didn’t complain about something,” he replied. It’s a sentiment echoed by farmers everywhere – if you’re not complaining, are you…
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How to see the point
It was such a pleasure to have globally renowned artist Gavin Rain in the audience recently to witness how I have incorporated his magnificent work into my newest How to Thrive at the Edge of Chaos keynote. We had not met previously, but I tracked down his number as I stood, mesmerised, in front of…
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My ‘Send to all’ moment
When last did you do something that scared you? Even just a bit. Your comfort zone is a dangerous place to occupy for too long, so here is something I have done which you might find useful. In the spirit of former US first Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s “Do something that scares you every day,” and…
