Managing the AI Shift: From Experts to Explorers
Why adaptation—not expertise—is becoming the most important skill in a world of infinite answers. There is a quiet fear running beneath the surface of so many careers right now.It’s rarely [...]
The Explorers Compass (A Carousel)
The Explorers Compass It all started with diving, and then I wanted to find out if I could repeat what I did diving in other places. The Compass [...]
The Learning Glass Ceiling (A Carousel)
Breaking the Learning Glass Ceiling What deep diving expeditions taught me about staying in learning — even when you're [...]
Explorers Co-Create Reality
Here is an interesting take on exploration. Most people (myself included), organise their lives to maximise certainty and predictability. Exploration inverts this relationship, teaching you to navigate and leverage uncertainty. [...]
Who is Verna
Verna van Schaik is a Guinness World Record holder for the deepest scuba dive by a woman (221 meters). She has transformed her experience as an explorer into a methodology [...]
Leaders who create High Performance
When I get asked about what makes high performance and what makes good leaders, I tend to find myself in conversations around what a people do and what they [...]
The Wright Adventure
In October I found my boat after a long 6 months kissing frogs. Since I immigrated to New Zealand in 2019, I have been looking for my new adventure. I [...]
Fear as a Positive Force
What if...instead of fear freezing and paralysing individuals and teams, what if fear was a positive force.......??? Fear inspires courage! ... Courage inspires Curiosity! ... Curiosity inspires action! ... Action [...]
Why We Still Need Roles ? Flow !
I am not a fan of roles, well at least not a fan of how big corporates use them – like a blunt instrument to keep people in a pre-defined [...]
We Live in a Culture of Small – No Greatness Allowed
We Live in a Culture of Small - No Greatness Allowed. I know this because of how I am corrected by those around me when I do something that exceeds [...]