I blog, randomly about the things I observe and the things I learn.
There is a blog around my new learning adventure on my yacht, called Wright Away, or find a category and explore.
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Exploration
The How of “How” – Making the Unknown Known
If I had to sum up the one skill that a world record needs it is the ability to turn the unknown into the known (and dare I say, make it boring). To shift a limit – be it a personal one or a world one – you need to [...]
Living with Dare – Questions for Creation
Living with Dare is something that has evolved over the last decade. I realised that I wasn’t happy with who I was or the life I was living. It looked good, but it didn’t seem to fit! I had a world record but couldn’t seem to take that limit shattering [...]
In the words of Madiba, are you letting your light shine ?
It is a hard thing to do, let your light shine and be special! We have been taught that we need permission to be special, we need to be chosen by people in authority. We also know ourselves and that means we know we aren’t perfect and that we have [...]
Explorers Compass
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Further Compass Point
Present Compass Point
Peace Compass Point
Possibility Compass Point
The Wright Adventure
In October I found my boat after a long 6 months kissing frogs. Since I immigrated to New Zealand in 2019, I have been looking for my new adventure. I was scuba diving, then it was solo camping trips in my Land Cruiser to Norther Botswana. In New Zealand there isn't much land, but there is loads and loads of ocean, so how hard could it be ? After all, I learnt to sail in my 20's. So I got onto a sailing course and, well, decided that the best way to learn was with my own boat. Remember that [...]
Fear as a Positive Force
What if...instead of fear freezing and paralysing individuals and teams, what if fear was a positive force.......??? Fear inspires courage! ... Courage inspires Curiosity! ... Curiosity inspires action! ... Action inspires practice! ... Practice creates confidence! ... Confidence builds courage! ... Courage transforms fear! There is always fear! What if we saw it differently ? What if we integrated it into what we do and used it ? What could you create if fear was just another tool you used ?
Why We Still Need Roles ? Flow !
I am not a fan of roles, well at least not a fan of how big corporates use them – like a blunt instrument to keep people in a pre-defined box, their value and greatness prescribed! When teams shift out of unilateral, red, bureaucracies into Agile they shift into a world of autonomy, self-management and roles, well roles start to get ambiguous. How do we keep a role when we are also trying to allow people to make decisions for themselves ? Because roles have with them the exclusive power to make decisions. Then there is a movement where people [...]