Category: Work Life

Humanistic Management and dignity at work

7 Nov 2024

A humanistic, creative, and reflective approach to work and life

22 Aug 2024

Making deliberate mistakes to enhance mastery and engagement

15 Aug 2024

Business two ways

4 Jul 2024

2023

More is lost through indecision

14 Sep 2023

Creativity in therapy

1 Jun 2023

2022

Beautiful outcomes - a reflection on my changing practice

22 Dec 2022

Think Bigger, Grow and Succeed interview

31 Oct 2022

Three stages to mastery

15 Sep 2022

Work with the garage door up

13 Jan 2022

2021

Happy merry 2021! And a reminder to celebrate your successes

22 Dec 2021

Perception management: phone use at meetings and lectures

24 Jun 2021

Wordcloud of 2,174 blog posts

3 Jun 2021

Die in certainty, or thrive in uncertainty?

27 May 2021

Visual resume 2008-2021

23 May 2021

Four facets of problem-solving

11 Feb 2021

The permission to do less

7 Jan 2021

2020

An ergonomic set-up with two keyboards

23 Jul 2020

Is wealth more perception than reality?

21 May 2020

2019

The right job

19 Dec 2019

From annoying Clippy to something quietly useful

21 Nov 2019

Contain and excise anxiety from self-esteem

8 Aug 2019

Visualising Imposter Syndrome anxiety

11 Jul 2019

A mediocre to prefect scale: for websites and life

21 Feb 2019

2018

Your year-in-review story

21 Dec 2018

Enduring works

20 Dec 2018

To live is to design

15 Nov 2018

Two reasons to leave

12 Apr 2018

Enable individuals over systems

5 Apr 2018

Finite f*cks to give

9 Jan 2018

On celebrations

2 Jan 2018

2017

Thank those who go the extra mile, because it probably cost them

8 Aug 2017

Reviewing commitments

21 Mar 2017

Anything is possible

31 Jan 2017

2016

Give as much as you take

20 Dec 2016

The time for grassroots action is now

10 Nov 2016

Post-traumatic growth

25 Oct 2016

The importance of being healthy selfish

13 Sep 2016

The unemployable skillset

2 Aug 2016

2015

Scanners and divers

5 Nov 2015

Pink flamingo legacy

6 Oct 2015

When is good enough is good enough

1 Oct 2015

Making an impact vs overnight fame

22 Sep 2015

Live your dream: a tableau

15 Sep 2015

Lesson from Van Gogh 3

17 Jul 2015

Lesson from Van Gogh 2

16 Jul 2015

Lesson from Van Gogh 1

15 Jul 2015

Minimum Necessary Outcome

7 Jul 2015

Work life balance is not a flatline

26 Jun 2015

Travelling is like a startup business

24 Jun 2015

Action-oriented mindset

19 Jun 2015

Flow from a floor

12 Jun 2015

On travelling

5 Jun 2015

Commitment and happiness

24 Mar 2015

2014

Escaping the status quo

29 Oct 2014

Electronic note taking FTW

22 Oct 2014

Designing for motivation

21 Jul 2014

Balance is across time

30 Jun 2014

The changing nature of my work

10 Mar 2014

Visual résumé; 1990-2014

30 Jan 2014

Permission to tool up

29 Jan 2014

What's your problem?

5 Jan 2014

2013

Blind beliefs

15 Oct 2013

Work is serial monogamy

13 Oct 2013

The wisdom of foolish

8 Oct 2013

Staying hungry

6 Oct 2013

Aging and problem focus

8 Sep 2013

It is never a good time

11 Aug 2013

Complacency

23 Jul 2013

Whole-heartedly; or go home

21 May 2013

Making an impact authentically

7 May 2013

Purpose Identity Meaningfulness Satisfaction

12 Feb 2013

Self employment eyes wide open

29 Jan 2013

2012

Integrate play-time into your everyday

2 Oct 2012

The more we can see, the less we choose to see

5 Aug 2012

Looking for a HUGE problem

26 Jun 2012

The cost of unthinking beliefs, traditions and superstitions

8 May 2012

Fake smiles at work

30 Apr 2012

When is the stress worthwhile?

10 Apr 2012

Ignorant about design

25 Mar 2012

Beliefs about success

14 Feb 2012

“Of the time…”

14 Feb 2012

2011

Money versus other measures of value

4 Oct 2011

Thoughts for a meaningful creative work/life

2 Oct 2011

Growth

20 Sep 2011

Complex richness from simple baselines

18 Sep 2011

Is this a good employee?

4 Sep 2011

Slashies the ultimate multitaskers

22 Jun 2011

Low hanging fruit in a high-stress world

30 May 2011

Is balance a myth?

1 May 2011

Low standards of experience

21 Feb 2011

If maturity = uniformity, what are the next greenfield industries?

27 Jan 2011

Selling innovation when businesses can’t and don’t want to be innovative

26 Jan 2011

Building a career vs building a life

23 Jan 2011

How not to practise design

19 Jan 2011

Choosing our own life path and fast food

5 Jan 2011

Creating vs replicating your world

4 Jan 2011

2010

“Every new endeavor … is meant to be its own thing”

30 Dec 2010

The developing, the developed and the brave new world to come

14 Dec 2010

“To hell with being a home-owner”

11 Dec 2010

Reflections on travelling: enoughness

6 Dec 2010

A worthy vision

3 Dec 2010

Working to a higher purpose

7 Oct 2010

Money and happiness

6 Oct 2010

What makes work, work?

5 Oct 2010

Two timely thought-provokers on passion

1 Sep 2010

80-20 rule for life FAIL

20 Jul 2010

Shoulds vs wants

27 Jun 2010

The barriers to an innovative life

13 Jun 2010

Two great lifestyle design blogs

5 May 2010

Rework

9 Apr 2010

Bartering as a community building endeavour

24 Feb 2010

What Matters Now

14 Feb 2010

Japan day 3

12 Jan 2010

2009

The Story of Stuff

28 Dec 2009

Evolution process of companies

14 Oct 2009

New role for designers

24 Sep 2009

Labour of love requires time

16 Aug 2009

Different kinds of big

20 Jul 2009

World in transition

14 Jul 2009

Blogging temporaily delayed

8 Jul 2009

Happiness as Your Business Model

30 Jun 2009

Ideas are bulletproof and the world needs big ideas

22 Jun 2009

What do you want to be famous for?

25 May 2009

Making it to the middle

15 May 2009

Lost Generation

19 Mar 2009

Self-censorship and the fear of creativity

18 Mar 2009

The rise of the small

15 Mar 2009

The power of belief

18 Feb 2009

What shape are you?

12 Feb 2009

Lessons from transitions

10 Feb 2009

Existential mulling 1 – Blogging

3 Feb 2009

Imagine a world

1 Feb 2009

Re-imagine

8 Jan 2009

2008

Top 10 Quotes Against Work

28 Oct 2008

The hours are long...

24 Sep 2008

Business and work in Singapore: 10 good things

7 Sep 2008

10 years of notebooks

9 Jul 2008

Living and Working in India

10 Apr 2008

Cattywumpus

7 Jan 2008

2007

Strength

19 Dec 2007

“Giving up” our time

18 Dec 2007

Bell curve of prevailing emotions

13 Dec 2007

What should I do with my life?

23 Nov 2007

Choose

14 Nov 2007

A spoonful of sewage

27 Aug 2007

Being, flow, and not pushing

12 Jul 2007

To laugh often and much

20 Jun 2007

Toiling

31 May 2007

Life's meaning

30 May 2007

Attention economy - another two articles

3 May 2007

Attention, meaning, and the New Economy

1 May 2007

True joy of life

30 Apr 2007

Shopping is…

2 Apr 2007

Le Grand Content (a nerd’s philosopy of life?)

19 Mar 2007

The four hour day

13 Feb 2007

Are you a sundial in the shade?

1 Feb 2007

Have you patted the cat?

15 Jan 2007

2006

Be a kid again

13 Dec 2006

Vermillion is dead, long live Vermillion!

12 Dec 2006

The greatest fear

4 Dec 2006

Profit centres and esteem

19 Oct 2006

What Is Your Life’s Work?

16 Oct 2006

Commercial strategy for tomorrow

28 Sep 2006

The Nice Factor Book

27 Sep 2006

Cubicle Commando

25 Sep 2006

Never work when you are desperate

18 Sep 2006

Evangelical fear

15 Sep 2006

Unexpected consequences

12 Sep 2006

One word to open new worlds

11 Sep 2006

Dream house, dream business

8 Sep 2006

Choosing input

6 Sep 2006

Contemplating an egg

5 Sep 2006

Part time work a cynical scam?

15 Aug 2006

Keeping score vs satisfaction

10 Aug 2006

What has your business done for you lately?

2 Aug 2006

Exercise your creativity at the supermarket

29 Jul 2006

Out of the ordinary - right now

27 Jul 2006

Happiness drive

23 Jul 2006

The Big Moo

20 Jul 2006

New beginnings

18 Jul 2006

Working with your “faults”

20 Feb 2006

Butterflies or blowflies?

20 Jan 2006

Your beautiful dream

15 Jan 2006

Wasting the magic

4 Jan 2006

Rush rush rush

3 Jan 2006

2005

“The first pancake is always lumpy.”

1 Aug 2005

Optimism - alive and well!

7 May 2005

A slapping for AFR BOSS

4 May 2005

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