I was speaking with a client mid week and said 'Happy New Year... is it still ok to say that?' 

I learned something... In German etiquette it is ok to say until the end of the second week of January - googled it to see if I could find a reference... I got stuck in a google mind trap for 20 minutes ...

"A good third thing does not require people to work hard to understand it, but invites people to do the hard work of understanding themselves."

— Parker Palmer

I love the idea of the third thing. If you haven't come across this phrase before let me introduce you to the concept. 

Sometimes we want...

(the image is a quote I saw a few days ago in Walthamstow, east London)

This week I have a few quotes that can act as invitations to reflect on the last year and look forward to the next...

"The horizon leans forward,

offering you space

to place

new steps of change."

― Maya Angelou

"...

“Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.”

— Parker J Palmer, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation

I suspect in one way or another you have spent some time reflecting on the last year, what the holiday season, and wi...

(on the video above go to 4:45 to see my actual graduation, and 25:20 for the Vice Chancellors speech)

You'd think for my sixth university degree I'd know what I was doing at a graduation — I had no idea and I had to go to Youtube to do a little preparation to calm my nerves. Until last week, the o...

This one starts with some important questions, feel free to come back to them at the end if feels like a lot to start with as you transition from weekend to week...

Are you getting enough sleep?

How is your nutrition?

Where are the breaks in your schedule?

What are you doing for self care?

Thes...

Last week I went on various adventures across London – Covent Garden, Kings Cross, St James Park, and Brixton! As I gently meandered through the hustle and bustle of each trip I saw people going to work, going home, and others coming into town to go Christmas shopping. The pace was frantic, busy, an...

There was something settling in my being.

I found an unexpected sense of peace.

I felt grounded in a place that was unfamiliar.

Last week I spent 4 days in Istanbul, Turkey. After my meetings were over, on the 3rd day I was able to fully relax and my pace slowed down considerably. I started to...

Just Come

You don’t have to do anything

prepare anything

produce anything

perform for anyone

report anything

submit anything

be any where

adopt any role.

Just come as you are.

Let’s indulge ourselves

in sweet idleness

and delicious kinship.

by Noel Davis,

(from Heart Coming Home, 2017)...

In Season 2 Episode 1 of the BBC series Louis Theroux Interviews Anthony Joshua OBE (the British Nigerian boxer). Louis Theroux has a great interview style and the whole thing is really engaging viewing. About 35 minutes in to the program there is a fascinating exchange between Anthony, his aunt, an...

Ros Atkins is a BBC journalist who presents a program called Outside Source which aimed to create a different way of looking at the news (it last aired in March 2023). I became curious about Ros and what contributed to his style of journalism — I discovered he has lived abroad in many countries, he ...

Hello and welcome to The Space. Here you will find my musings, writings, and reflection which based on a curiosity regarding space both as an architect and as a leadership advisor and coach. When I share in a speech, keynote, or piece of writing I always like to get us on the same page and share my ...