The Shift
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Feb
14
A group of people sat around a campfire with the stars above them

You're invited

Doing some movement building. For a long time, building community has been on my to-do list. Ever since I spoke
2 min read
Jan
20
A young man on a bicycle on a tropical road, pointing to a roadsign that says "Follow that dream".

2025: some ambitions

No, they aren't 'move to the tropics' Can I tell you my dream? It has to
3 min read
Dec
12
A river making its way between green cliffs in the mist

Design your own career: part 1

On finding your way into the flow of life. One of the things I want to do with this newsletter
11 min read
Nov
21
A sign saying 'Don't give up' planted in the ground on a tree-lined pavement.

The work is never wasted

On failure, and stewardship, and hope. A little while ago, somebody said something which has stuck with me. We were
6 min read
Oct
03
A small house is built into a grassy cliff on a remote headland

What is your sympathetic nervous system up to?

On noise, and cities, and window shopping houses on remote islands. People who live in the city of New York
5 min read
Aug
26
A group of agitated young men outside a government building, one shouting into a loudhailer with his arm raised.

Two kinds of talking

On dialogue and dialectics I should begin this with a caveat. I have known about the concept of dialogic versus
5 min read
Aug
13
I am, therefore I am

I am, therefore I am

On what the body can tell us. When I was in my early twenties, I started reading about other women&
4 min read
Aug
07
Let's learn some hard words

Let's learn some hard words

On ontology, and its impact on collaboration. I didn't understand what the word 'ontology' meant until
3 min read
Aug
01
What have I done?

What have I done?

and why have I done it? On starting a business. In my first service design team, we had a mentor,
4 min read
May
31
Business as a tool for change

Business as a tool for change

On capitalism done right. I was the kind of teenager who read No Logo and The Beauty Myth and Chomsky
5 min read