Subtle inspiration

Listen to others who are also working to create beauty in the world.

Read some of my musings on what it means to live well in this moment, while also crafting what comes next.

Watch me respond in sometimes coherent, sometimes opaque, ways to the questions of others.

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I’ve been seeking out the subtle disruptors of this world since 2015.

They aren’t the people you would typically expect to find on a podcast.

Usually their work is behind the scenes. Moving quietly and planting things. In isolation it may not seem like much. In aggregation it is everything.

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Joel Hines
Joel Hines

The subtle disruption of thresholds, stories, and re-memberings - SD96

There are moments in our life when we cross a threshold. A place where, once we pass through, we can no longer go back. The experience cannot be unexperienced. Another person now stands in the place of the one that was here in the moment before.

These moments can happen in seconds, or they can happen across years.

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Jess Price
Jess Price

Moving slowly and building things - SD95

How does one even begin to think about the kind of worlds that might exist in 2075? Those working in the world of foresight specialise in this kind of thing, and although we didn't talk about it directly in this conversation, I think it is one of the emerging skillsets of this episode's guest, Jess Price.

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Dennis Armfield
Dennis Armfield

The gifts of our limiting beliefs - SD94

The moment is surreal on many levels. This week’s guest retired from AFL football soon after I started this podcast. As an avid Carlton supporter I had admired him from afar for, among other things, his whole-hearted approach to every contest in every game.

I remember reading what he was saying was next for him after stepping away from football: to help other players with the journey he was now on, transitioning from being a professional athlete to something else.

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Hoang Anh Cat
Hoang Anh Cat

A tale of egg tarts, monkey magic & why girls don’t have to be bad at maths - SD93

As we walked around Melbourne's Hoa Nghiem Buddhist Temple, I start to develop a new perspective for my friend, and this week's guest, Hoang Anh Cat. This is not a new thing for my relationship with Cat - it seems that every time I spend time with her I become aware of a new part of her.

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Desmond John
Desmond John

The subtle disruption of appreciating local, historical, context - SD92

Weaving a story of people and place through genuine curiosity and an intention to help, is something that seems to come naturally to Desmond John. A crucial connector across Melbourne’s start-up ecosystem, Des is a tour guide extraordinaire in the literal, abstract, and mythical sense.

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John Chambers
John Chambers

John Chambers: Changes, macro and micro, that create value for all of us - SD91

Positive change is what John Chambers is enabling through his life's many aspects: start-ups; helping corporates innovate in a way that suits them best; working with people to help them grow; seeking ways to grow awareness and connection with Aboriginal Australians.

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Long, short, subtle, blunt, sporadic.

Thoughts I think others may find helpful.

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Adaptive acquisition strategy

Adaptive acquisition strategy

Most of us have been on one side or the other. The acquirer or the acquired. We may find out about it when it is all but complete, or be part of the team putting it together.

Merger integration strategies must be adaptive rather than prescriptive. By changing the connections people have with each other, and changing their context, we bring about sustainable organisational change. From this beneficial patterns emerge.

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Orienting myself

Orienting Myself

Whenever I arrive somewhere new, whether it be a campsite, an organisation, or a party, I notice my immediate inclination to orient myself.

This piece is about the fractal nature of orientation.

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Changing the values of a values-led business

Changing the values of a values-led business

Before it was sold to Block around three years ago, I as part of the leadership team at Cogent. Part of my role was to working on the strategy for the business, and strategic projects that would bring that strategy to life.

This piece is a republishing of something I wrote in 2020, about some of the most filling work I have done.

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A constraint thought experiment

A constraint thought experiment

This post was spawned from a previous post about the constraints I chose after being separated, which I wrote about here. The constraint I chose, and still choose, is to be an involved father.

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The tyranny of dreams

The tyranny of dreams

I wonder if honesty is the most important trait in a human. If one sought to be honest about the experience of being here as their most important aim, could a life be well lived around that alone?

It would beget a focus on ever-expanding awareness of one's body, one's mind, one's history, and one's context. And then a humble sharing of this expanding awareness in a reflexive, open exploration with others.

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Start with Sleep

Start with sleep

What might be the one node of wellbeing that you optimise for? And could it be sleep? Are there some basic things you can do this evening to give yourself a chance at a better night’s sleep?

Within the web of wellbeing, sleep plays a interconnecting role.

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Every now and then another podcast thinks I may have something of value to share.

Here are are some of those.