Do you regularly feel anxious or worried when presented with a complex task or issue at work? Do you often feel overwhelmed by the complexity of a problem and lack…

When more than four centuries of people grow up hearing the saying ‘curiosity killed the cat’ you can understand why so many people pull back from the unfamiliar. Sticking to…

If you frequently find yourself skipping between the extremes of “I always”, “I never”, “it’s perfect”, “it’s impossible” or thinking about concepts as either purely good or bad you may…

Elbert Hubbard’s essay “A message to Garcia” published in 1899, was considered an important literary work about military leadership for over 100 years, and dropped from the Marine Corps Commandant’s reading…

To this day, I am embarrassed to admit it took me three goes to pass the test to get my driver’s license. I’m not embarrassed that I failed twice. I’m…

Are any of the following pressing your buttons right now? ⦁ People are like deer in headlights; unable to maintain focus, make decisions or be productive when faced with ambiguity…

Complex projects can be paradoxical. To get project funding you need a clear plan to achieve specific outcomes because funders want certainty. However, when you finally get funding the reality…

I’m not going to lie to you because if you ask anyone who has worked with me in pressured, ambiguous situations, they’ll tell you I can have controlling and perfectionist…

Organising to meet friends for a night out when at university in the late eighties was a different experience from the constant stream of texts that my children and their…

There’s nothing quite like working on a massive project for over a year, assuming you’re going live on 1 July and discovering immediately before the go button is about to…