This was originally posted on swombat.com in June 2011. I regularly get asked about my time in Accenture, and my transition into entrepreneurship, both by people who are trying to decide whether to apply to go there after university, and by people who are currently working there. Here'
Over the last 6 months, finishing recently, I have been going through a leadership development course called the SAS, by CirclingEurope. It is built on the practice of Circling, which I won't try to define fully here. For me, one of the essences of it is accepting and
This article was originally published on swombat.com in May 2011. From my father's blog about wisdom: Most people will swiftly agree with most of the high values of humankind: freedom, happiness, truth, respect, justice, equality, prudence, compassion, courage, modesty, patience, moderation, harmony, industry and so on; but
A lot of advice given to people (and, to some extent, to companies) amounts to “just be yourself”, or “just be comfortable with who you are instead of trying to change”. This advice is well intentioned, fundamentally, and yet I think it’s not all that helpful. How can I
This article was originally posted on swombat.com in December 2010. This question pops up regularly on Hacker News. What will kill Facebook? Before that, it was "What will kill Google?" There was no Hacker News before that, but if there had been, it would have been "
"Teal" is a hot topic these days. I wouldn't go as far as to say that everyone wants to be Teal, but it's definitely something on a lot of people's minds. Frédéric Laloux's excellent book, Reinventing Organisations, has inspired many
