Blog categorized as Learning

Surprisingly, those four words are my magic escape from non-essential intellectual arguments.

My recent post on how social change is hard — and personal change even harder — might just be a textbook example of confirmation bias.  

I never expected social change to be easy. But in the early days of my career in the sector, I was confident that I could easily pick up the skills needed to create social change. And with my middle-class dreams of seeing the world, I imagined moving from place to place, creating meaningful cha...

Today ended up being an incredibly busy day. Now, at the end of it, I am out of steam staring at a blank Writer document   — still determined to keep my commitment to publishing daily. But as the minutes pass, stress builds. 

Paul Graham's essay Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule is one of my all time favourites. It put into words something I had always felt but never fully articulated - to myself or my colleagues. I am a Maker....

I almost dismissed one of the best teachers I've ever met - before she even said a word.