I really dislike planning. Perhaps a little more than your average person. There’s so much about life that […]
Author: Melis Senova
I have a book (or two) to accomplish this year. This is going to require an incredible amount […]
As the first piece for 2016 I thought it appropriate to talk about beginning and what it takes […]
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. —Anaïs Nin
I wrote a blog recently on questions versus answers. In it I professed my love for questions rather […]
I have an allergy to inauthenticity. My throat constricts, my eyebrows knit together, my breathing becomes shallow, my […]
I’ve been reading about the metamorphosis of a caterpillar to a butterfly. The stages are egg – larva […]
When I was a design engineer working at Ford Australia, I was sent on many advanced driving courses. […]
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.—Anatole France
During a recent conversation with a colleague they said, “You really don’t have a backward step do you?” […]
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
—Buckminster Fuller
I recently had the pleasure of listening to and watching Elizabeth Gilbert speak about her experience of writing. […]
When we think of gaps, spaces, or emptiness, we think of it as the absence of something, like […]
During my recent chitty chitty bang bang tours around the globe I have had considerable time to think. […]
As I sit on the plane heading from London to Helsinki, I find myself reflecting on my third […]
When I was little I remember hearing about a wonderful female scientist who lived in the African jungle […]
I was in a leadership coaching session with a CEO of a leading Australian organisation recently, and posed […]
Respond to every call that excites your spirit.—Rumi
My relationship with reality is odd. Some people might see this as akin to having a ‘loose grip […]
In design, we talk about courage all the time. There is a good reason for this. When you’re […]
When I was little, Mum used to say that I had a golden heart. She said that I […]
There are two primary choices in life; to accept conditions as they exist or accept the responsibility for changing them.—Denis Waitley
There are some commitments we make when we make a call or when we take a stand for […]
As the importance of customer centricity gains momentum in the business world, so too does the focus on […]
When I did my undergrad, I was interested in neuroscience. It was this interest that led me to […]