Daily Letter
Rambling thoughts on why we do what we do, strategy, building teams, building you, and doing work that matters.
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- identity 9
- anxiety 8
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- self 7
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- question 5
- regula 5
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- suffering 5
- warrior 5
- Chaos 4
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- change 4
- culture 4
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- knowthyself 4
- lifelesson 4
- liminal space 4
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Words Matter
Words matter. I'm a writer, so words are my thing.
Words are metaphors and images, they convey meaning. They give us a vision and an image of what to strive and aim for.
Imagining
Yesterday I talked with a group of leader for the morning at a retreat centre just outside Hermanus. The topic was innovation, creativity, and what there is to do once you have reached the last third of your career and your life.
After the three hour session, I told them how I would design an organisation if I could do it from scratch and asked them in return what they would do.