Consciousness

And so it grows…

I took this photo of a tree branch pinioned into a piece of metal fence.It was left on the floor of a house I was doing construction in, and I obviously found it very striking. The branch appears to have been pierced – as if on a torture rack – by the metal. It looks

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O

We sow seeds of wild chaos across
your rows of ordered symmetry.
We rewrite blind rites
tying them to meaning.
We reroute ruts so they reach streams,
and dig down deep
so your source
bursts forth.

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TABOO

TABOO Taboos surround wounds like highway hazard signs: Avalanche Area,Beware of Falling Rocks,Wildlife Corridor,Deer Crossing. Severe Storm Area,Rumble Strips,Steep Hill,No Pedestrians. Fog Area,Road Slippery When Wet,Icy, Hairpin Curve,Circular Intersection. Give Way,Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers: State Prison. One Lane Bridge,No Shoulder,No Left Turn, No Right Turn, No U Turn. Yield,Stop,No Entry,Dead End. Behind and beyond

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Curiosity vs Conformity

“Curiosity… is insubordination in it’s purest form.” – Vladamir Nabakov It’s becoming increasingly common for leadership coaches and innovation experts to espouse the benefits, and even necessity, of curiosity. And yet we also know, as I explained in a previous post, that education systems and workplaces typically discourage curiosity. Why is this? What is it about

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Why Curiosity?

“I have no special talents.  I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein The World Economic Forum – backed by an outpouring of mildly panic stricken white papers from big name organisational consultancies (1) – hails our era as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. We are already riding the rising wave of an increasingly complex fusion

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What is Translibrium?

‘Trans’ comes from the Greek ‘across’, and ‘librium’ is from the Greek ‘libra’ which connotes both balance (equilibrium) and freedom (‘libre’, liberty). Whereas ‘homeostasis’ assumes a return to an initial state as a descriptor of health, ‘translibrium’ assumes continuous adaptation as a requisite for survival.

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