What better place to see in the New Year than on the beach, with the fresh chill wind to blow away the cobwebs of yesteryear.
New Year’s Day 2013 – Polzeath
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Namibian skies
Civil Servants – a species unto themselves
Little did I realise when I wrote this post in Tanzania back in 2005, just how apt my reference to people working in the public sector as being an ‘endangered species’ was to become. At the time I was merely looking for an outlet for my frustration … read more
Help make Malaria No More
Malaria No More is determined to end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015. Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease and recent progress shows that malaria’s days are numbered — but your help is needed. Together, we can make malaria no more.
Cascading Learning and Tweeting – HRD 2011
System overload following two days at CIPD’s Learning & Development Conference HRD 11. I spent half the night thinking and the rest dreaming about coaching, systems thinking, whether appraisals are a thing of the past, that a definitive definition of OD remains beyond reach and a multitude of other stuff – not to mention wondering why a full man-size angel had come to visit. Today I spent ambushing colleagues to spread the word, test theories and initiate debate. read more
Save the Serengeti: Choose an Alternate Route & Local Development
The Serengeti Watch have launched a new online petition.
It asks the government of Tanzania to accept support for an alternate southern route, and also to accept the offer by the German government to develop roads for local communities.
Lend your support to help conserve this incredibly valuable part if our planet, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Thoughts
“You are today where the thoughts of yesterday have brought you and
you will be tomorrow where the thoughts of today take you..”
Blaise Pascal
Stop the Serengeti Highway
Serengeti Map
It’s the greatest threat in the Serengeti’s history — the government of Tanzania has approved a major commercial highway across the Serengeti National Park, in the direct path of ancient wildlife migration routes. Such a highway would be devastating.
Rhinos Rule
The most amazing animal still to walk our planet, the Rhino. A true privilege to experience. They don’t see too well and are incredibly vulnerable. Cutting off their magnificent horns is one way to prevent them from falling victim to a peculiarly misguided set of people, who believe them to hold the key to many of our ailments and desires – from improving fertility to providing dagger handles that demand respect. Human appetite is responsible for the demise of the Rhino – we can also ensure their survival.
Support Save the Rhino’s work.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Although my head hurts after the first day of trying to get my head around the types, dichotomies, functions and dynamics of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), I do already have a very clear idea as to why we can so easily drive each other up the wall; I see huge potential for MBTI’s applications:)