Tag: inspiration
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The art of innovation
The art of innovation is about thinking new things and doing new things. And it’s for individuals or companies. Don’t worry about being consistent and perfect, that’s for the dead. Innovators are dynamic and imperfect, always thinking and trying new things, experimenting. This is a new format I’m trying – a quick thought rocket with…
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Seeds of potentiality and growth mindset then lived experience
“Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.” This is a quote from W.H. Murray, penned during or after a Scottish Himalayan expedition he was on and it’s a fitting…
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A fire in my head
I’ve been writing a lot about AI recently. I work with the technology every day and I’m doing research for a new trend report on the subject. I’m drowning in AI. This post is about writing, creativity, ideas and the importance of this faced with an onslaught of AI. I often write to sense make.…
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Reflections in the transitional void
This last post for the year comes at a great time for reflection, on what passed in the year before and what is to come in the year ahead. The welcome lull that the festive season affords is one of my favourite times not just because I get dedicated time to spend with family. I…
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Is Intention running the software in your head
This is an alternative take on what I have written about before, Choose carefully how you spend your time. In that piece I riffed on Annie Dillard’s famous quote: “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” By that is ultimately meant, you become what you spend your time doing and…
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Techno optimist with positive impact – new generational sensemaking
Two things/events lead me here, to this thinking and sense making. One is Marc Andreesen’s latest thinking, published on the 16th of October in his Techno-Optimist Manifesto. The other is the crisis unfolding in the middle East. Here are my thoughts, not so much on the thinking or the events themselves but our reaction to…
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The art of intuiting your way to higher ground – a doodle of a tale
For this to work you need to look inside and I don’t mean pointless navel gazing. I mean that you should look to your intuition, your inner light, voice and compass. And whereas with InnerVentures I often typically refer to adventures inside your mind (or organisation), in this case I want for you to leave…
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Improbable possibilities and the joy of existence – a mindhack
Need some perspective or inspiration? Can’t see the wood for the trees? Life grinding you down with its minutiae and machinations? Zoom out a second – to the solar system, our galaxy, the universe. Take your pick but any will do. The vastness of space can have a calming and reassuring effect. It’s when you…
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When life and the Bots beat down – Art
We are going through trying times – economically, politically, environmentally, etc. While these times should pass, at least in some areas, the pace of technological change likely wont. If anything, it will speed up. A case in point, recent announcements in AI which I am writing about. As much as I am a technophile, it…
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Why do we work if not for meaning
This is a gloss on an Annie Dillard piece when she was writing about writing. I read her classic book called The Writing Life not too long ago and this excerpt stuck with me. I thought it could easily apply to many things but especially work. If you want to find the original piece, go…
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Unlocking Potential
I’d like to think this is one of my superhero skills. Maybe it’s because of the mentoring work I do. I am often trying to figure out, with the individuals in the company’s I mentor, or simply the individuals I meet, how to unlock their potential. A lot of the time they are young people,…
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Choose carefully how you spend your time
I love this quote by Annie Dillard from her book The Writing Life, which I read not too long ago – here is my review if interested. It’s as spartan and to the point as her prose. How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. Annie Dillard I thought it…
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Navigating the modern work landscape – impact and effort
As things have shifted so dramatically over the last few years and there is no sign of it abating nor of going back to normal, I wondered what that meant for modern work. Time for a DanelDoodle. This is a really high-level view and naturally I will have missed key elements. But I just wanted…
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Everything can change except values
I’m reminded of this truth in the title which comes from an early interview with Tim Cook of Apple I discovered the other day that I had bookmarked. It is focused on the technology business and it’s an observation on how Steve Jobs worked and it really resonated with me. It can easily transcend the…
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