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Jan 313 min read

Reflections on 2023: The year of mostly being useless

☕ Grab a cuppa and make yourself comfy... this is a longer blog than usual. Ooooh my gosh, was I excited about 2023. In 2022, my...

Apr 27, 20239 min read

Seven things I learnt about strategic thinking from having Covid

After avoiding ‘the’ lurgie for 3 years, it finally found me in February 2023. I was spared any unpleasant cold/flu/respiratory symptoms,...

Dec 15, 20224 min read

Phew! What a year...

I don't know about you, but this year has been a huge one for me. I don't think I'm the only one. It seems like the combination of a lot...

Nov 8, 20224 min read

The muddiest adventure...

Each year I participate in an adventure race with my sister-in-laws. I'm incredibly blessed to have three amazing sister-in-laws who are...

Sep 12, 20223 min read

Where have I been?! Swimming amidst a little Chaos

Blog consistency is one thing I've not yet nailed. The past month has been a blur of home and property projects with hard deadlines, the...

Jul 1, 20222 min read

Capacity - Time is like money

If I could bottle uninterrupted thinking time and sell it - I reckon I'd be onto something! Quality thinking time is something that...

Oct 22, 20212 min read

Are you fighting fires?

Even at the best of times, our brains are not wired for thinking strategically, they are wired to fight fires. Our survival instinct...

Dec 9, 20200 min read

Finding time to think

Most of us are paid to think, but finding thinking time can be one of the hardest things to do. Here are a couple of quick tips.

Aug 2, 20203 min read

Three building blocks of strategic leadership

Let me introduce three leaders I’ve met recently. Kate said strategic thinking was the easy part of her job. Louise said she thought she...

Jun 2, 20203 min read

Help! My boss wants a strategy and I don’t know where to start

I know how you feel. I was in your shoes once. I was starting with the question “What even is strategy??” I read books, and I looked...

May 15, 20202 min read

Strategic thinking is a whole person job

Strategic thinking is a complex task. It requires a certain quality of thinking. A person’s ability to think effectively is to a large...