This should have been the title of the talk I gave last week while speaking at an innovation jam in Spain. Hindsight is always twenty-twenty. My brain starts to make more succinct connections when I give it the chance to slow down and download the bits that are flying around in my mind. As Shane Parrish famously says, “you can’t increase the speed of your decision making, but you can increase the quality”. Reflecting on the event and the points that were raised by the speakers at the innovati...

This should have been the title of the talk I gave last week while speaking at an innovation jam in Spain. Hindsight is always twenty-twenty. My brain starts to make more succinct connections when I give it the chance to slow down and download the bits that are flying around in my mind. As Shane Parrish famously says, “you can’t increase the speed of your decision making, but you can increase the quality”. Reflecting on the event and the points that were raised by the speakers at the innovati...

Change. “You only need to know the direction, not the destination. The direction is enough to make the next choice.” James Clear This is not a piece that will try to define Web3 (there are many people on Twitter who can do that far better than I can) or detail the change that is occurring, but rather one that shares why I identify with the future that Web3 offers us as humanity. It also touches on some of my learnings and journey so far. The phase transition that is under way feels as though ...

Change. “You only need to know the direction, not the destination. The direction is enough to make the next choice.” James Clear This is not a piece that will try to define Web3 (there are many people on Twitter who can do that far better than I can) or detail the change that is occurring, but rather one that shares why I identify with the future that Web3 offers us as humanity. It also touches on some of my learnings and journey so far. The phase transition that is under way feels as though ...

SPACE. What’s the first thing that came to mind when you read that word? Everyone in the world will have a different answer and I find that fascinating seeing that we have all occupied the online world for much of the last 18 months. Throw into the mix the metaverse discussion over the last few weeks and it adds another dimension. Broadly defined, the meta verse is the shared virtual space and I do wonder if the metaverse will be the same shared space for us all… When I hear the world space t...

SPACE. What’s the first thing that came to mind when you read that word? Everyone in the world will have a different answer and I find that fascinating seeing that we have all occupied the online world for much of the last 18 months. Throw into the mix the metaverse discussion over the last few weeks and it adds another dimension. Broadly defined, the meta verse is the shared virtual space and I do wonder if the metaverse will be the same shared space for us all… When I hear the world space t...

Were you ever told to “do the right thing”? From a young age, I have had a fascination to explore how things really worked. At times this has gotten me into trouble because I have pushed things too far or asked one too many questions. So, what does it mean to do the right thing?! While the answer to this question is rather subjective and will likely come down to the context in which it is being asked. It usually has some relation to integrity. Next time you’re asked to do the right thing chec...

Were you ever told to “do the right thing”? From a young age, I have had a fascination to explore how things really worked. At times this has gotten me into trouble because I have pushed things too far or asked one too many questions. So, what does it mean to do the right thing?! While the answer to this question is rather subjective and will likely come down to the context in which it is being asked. It usually has some relation to integrity. Next time you’re asked to do the right thing chec...

Always moving. Always forward. What happens if we pause? May fall off? Always curious. Always learning. The ever moving tread mill. The fear of falling off and not being able to get back. A deep seated worry that you will never have enough. What is enough? Leaning into a year of discovery, exploration and experiences. Being alright with not knowing and thriving off not having the answers. Learning as we go. Direction over destination. Learning from nature. Sprouting new growth and regeneratio...

Always moving. Always forward. What happens if we pause? May fall off? Always curious. Always learning. The ever moving tread mill. The fear of falling off and not being able to get back. A deep seated worry that you will never have enough. What is enough? Leaning into a year of discovery, exploration and experiences. Being alright with not knowing and thriving off not having the answers. Learning as we go. Direction over destination. Learning from nature. Sprouting new growth and regeneratio...

Is the world around us leading us to prioritise “shallow and fast thinking” and unintentionally stigmatise “slow and deep thinking”? If you are reading this you are doing so off a digital device and you probably have a few other apps or browser windows open at the same time. You may be catching up on emails quickly between zoom calls in the virtual world, our multi-tasking while you drink your morning coffee. In short you are engaging with this in amongst a number of other things on the go, a...

Is the world around us leading us to prioritise “shallow and fast thinking” and unintentionally stigmatise “slow and deep thinking”? If you are reading this you are doing so off a digital device and you probably have a few other apps or browser windows open at the same time. You may be catching up on emails quickly between zoom calls in the virtual world, our multi-tasking while you drink your morning coffee. In short you are engaging with this in amongst a number of other things on the go, a...

Rethinking things. The way I introduce myself is something that I have become far more aware of over the last two years as we have spent an increased amount of time online and in-front of a massive digital mirror. I don’t recall being as intentional with the words I used to describe myself when we interacted in a time when we had more regular in person gatherings. This may have been due to the experience of meeting a person or sharing an introduction being more experiential and multi- sensual...

Rethinking things. The way I introduce myself is something that I have become far more aware of over the last two years as we have spent an increased amount of time online and in-front of a massive digital mirror. I don’t recall being as intentional with the words I used to describe myself when we interacted in a time when we had more regular in person gatherings. This may have been due to the experience of meeting a person or sharing an introduction being more experiential and multi- sensual...

Have you ever thought about the language that we chose to communicate in? Why is it that on the global stage we tend to default to English? In the world there are over 7000 languages and many dialects of some languages which will probably make this number even greater. An interesting statistic to note is that only 23 of these languages are spoken by half of the world’s population. -Over 1.3 billion people speak English (370 million are native speakers) -Over 1.1 billion people speak Madarin C...

Have you ever thought about the language that we chose to communicate in? Why is it that on the global stage we tend to default to English? In the world there are over 7000 languages and many dialects of some languages which will probably make this number even greater. An interesting statistic to note is that only 23 of these languages are spoken by half of the world’s population. -Over 1.3 billion people speak English (370 million are native speakers) -Over 1.1 billion people speak Madarin C...