How can we find purpose through experimentation with maximum curiosity and maximum efficiency? Purpose is such a big word isn’t it. How do we find purpose? Where do we start? And what if we get it wrong?Read More »The Curiosity Experiment: Sprint One Retrospective
How can we be curious yet also efficient? A dreamer yet also a do-er? This is a question I’ve been grappling with for a little while now. As an insatiably curious dreamer, I’m constantly fascinatedRead More »The Curiosity Experiment: Finding purpose through experimentation, one octopus at a time.
Having recently spent ten wonderful days at Munger Raj Mandir in Vrindavan, I started thinking about the extent to which we could learn from the way of life at ashrams to improve workplace wellbeing. AshramsRead More »What can our workplaces learn from ashrams to improve wellbeing and creativity?
How you do anything is how you do everything. Sounds cryptic but for me this is such a truth. When I rock up to work dragging my heals and getting lost in the ‘to-do-list’ IRead More »What party science can teach us about improving remote work.
I’m not sure if one year is better than another to choose to live curiously, but 2021 definitely felt like an appropriate year to embrace uncertainty, sit with discomfort and take active steps towards followingRead More »A year of living curiously: 5 things I learnt.
The balance between focused action and letting the mind wander is a delicate one to navigate for many. Too much focus on action and automation and there’s no room for serendipity and the possibility ofRead More »Deep Work and Dedicated Daydreaming: Rituals for Creativity
Balance and Progress. Right brain and Left brain. Creative and Analytical. Art and Science. Yin and Yang. How well do we really integrate the two? In ancient Chinese philosophy the concepts of Yin and YangRead More »Yin & Yang and Polarity Thinking: Why Curiosity Matters.
The tension between efficiency and curiosity has really got me thinking of late. So many of us work in the knowledge industry and are ultimately paid for our ideas, but are we really measuring ourRead More »Order, Chaos and Banana Skins: How to intentionally create curveballs at work.
Research shows that while mindfulness can help us to deal with information overload, it’s curiosity that can really help us to thrive in the future. If we fast forward 10 years to the year 2031Read More »Work in 2031: workbots and octopuses.