Change your Metaphor: Change your Meaning. Metaphors are all around us. We use them without realising. Words that were previous literal descriptors show us how we are constructing our worlds, in a way that isn’t obvious to our conscious minds. Our language holds the secrets of our inner world, heavy and rich with inner meaning, … Read more
It’s a universal and little-known rule that how people participate in meetings is an example of your organisational culture. I call it the ‘Hampton Cauliflower rule’. Cauliflower’s look like complex structures until you realise that they are just many mini-cauliflowers growing off a central stem, organising and replicating themselves to make a vegetable protected in … Read more
When you acquire a garden, you acquire the conditions that come with it. The plants (or lack of them), trees, the soil type and it’s aspect; north, south, east, or west. The amount of sun and rain makes a huge difference, like having a buoyant or difficult market. It strikes me that there is a … Read more
