InnerVentures

  • 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,…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • 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…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • 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…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • 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…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Stages of consciousness and the immaturity of tyrants

    It’s difficult to stand by and observe the terrible events happening in Ukraine and not say something. Or to write about inconsequential things while people are suffering. At the very least, offer solidarity. Or light a candle rather than curse the darkness. I wanted to try do all of that in this post. What do…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • As we come out of the pandemic – what to take and what to leave

    I say we are coming out of the pandemic because all the signs point in that direction. At least where I live in the UK where all restrictions have been lifted and the talk is of learning to live with COVID-19. Whether it is based in fact and is a permanent state, that remains to…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • The opportunity for inspiration is infinite

    I started my DanelDoodles as a way to capture simple inspiring thoughts visually, for myself. I frequently use them for visual sensemaking. They are also a great creative outlet for simple artwork, some of which I hope may go on to be purchase worthy. I started creating them using the Paper 53 App with their…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • The tyranny of personality and the overcoming of it

    I have just finished reading Don’t Take Your Life Personally by Ajahn Sumedho who is an American Buddhist monk. This is a review of sorts but mostly it’s an observation on the tyranny of personality that pervades modern society and how we can overcome it. The book and its views form the backdrop to this…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Wise words – morning inspiration

    There are certain days which seem to cry out to be filled – mornings that plead for action – the atmosphere vibrant with expectancy and high, heroic challenge, and this was such a morning. From Mr Pye by Mervyn Peake – Filed under Literature/Poetry/Prose

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Wise words – glittering end to the weekend

    Life [exists] only because of a myriad of synchronicities that bring us to this particular place at this particular moment. In return for such a gift, the only sane response is to glitter in reply. Robin Wall Kimmerer – filed under inspiration/death

    Stephen Danelutti