On a recent trip to Darwin I was standing in line, waiting to board the plane when I spied a young person wearing this T-Shirt. What an incredibly profound statement! When I go into organisations I see plenty of paperwork. Without getting into a competition, I have seen an 80 page Safe Work … [Read more...] about How do you Communicate?
Read Everything!
I was talking to a friend of mine who is a teacher in a primary school about a FB post trend of putting up all the books people have read in the past year. Not the Teacher’s reading list. In her current role, literacy is part of her job and luckily part of her passion. But she lamented to me … [Read more...] about Read Everything!
That Wasn’t on my 2026 Scorecard
And we are off and running into 2026! And here we are, only 5 days in and that world of certainty has been torched already, plans have been changed and altered, and that Caribbean cruise you were dreaming about doesn’t seem so appealing now! … [Read more...] about That Wasn’t on my 2026 Scorecard
Poetics and Risk Part XIII – Poetic Disciplines
Poetic disciplines are those things that cannot be measured. Semiotics Human Movements Law Poetry Dance Art Music Theatre Social Psychology Biology Performance Humanities History Geography Theology Metaphysics Knowing Multimodalities … [Read more...] about Poetics and Risk Part XIII – Poetic Disciplines
Poetics and Risk Part XII – Communicating Unconsciously
So after a lot of videos and getting to understand Poetics and the Unconscious, how do we apply this to risk? How do we communicate unconsciously? Communication via checklists has already been proven to not give people meaning and purpose in an organisation. In fact most people in an organisation … [Read more...] about Poetics and Risk Part XII – Communicating Unconsciously
Poetics and Risk Part XI – Poetics and the Collective Unconscious
Jung and his Understanding of Myth and Symbols show a collective unconscious, a collective knowledge, even though they have not met each other and share forms of the mandala, totems. So, what is it that they share in common, that cannot be seen or measured? Sheldrake calls it Morphic Resonance … [Read more...] about Poetics and Risk Part XI – Poetics and the Collective Unconscious
Poetics and Risk Part IX: Poetics and the Unconscious
Personality, Faith, Mystery, Paradox, Hope, Dreaming, Psychedelics, Transcendence, Envisioning, Existential Existence, Imagination, Spirit – Soul – Mind, Synthesis. All these are a part of the unconscious, and a part of everyday life, so why are they not considered in how we organise at … [Read more...] about Poetics and Risk Part IX: Poetics and the Unconscious
Poetics and Risk Part VIII: Mimesis and Mimetics
Imitation, Representation, Aesthetics, Imagination, Simulacra, Kinesic codes. Ask an Australian what this does. These are integral parts of learning in an organisation, where power must be given up for learning to happen, be adjusted, communicated and accepted. There is no checklist … [Read more...] about Poetics and Risk Part VIII: Mimesis and Mimetics
Poetics and Risk Part VII – Poetics and Personhood
Language, Community, Senses, Sight/Vision, Touch Voice, Taste, Hear, Listen, are all very personal characteristics, which help make up a person. So what does it mean to be a person? As we are filming this video, which both Rob and I enjoy doing, we are out in nature, enjoying the sun, on a … [Read more...] about Poetics and Risk Part VII – Poetics and Personhood
Poetics and Risk Part VI; Freedom and Play
How does Perfection, Zero Error, 100% etc effect creativity and Risk in your Organisation? What is Poetic Practice? In Poetics there has to be a certain level of freedom, balanced with responsibility, that allows you to come with things that are different. Where does play sit in the … [Read more...] about Poetics and Risk Part VI; Freedom and Play