Burnout - What if we gave people less to remember? I sit in lecture theatres and watch hundreds of slides pass in front of people. And I wonder: how much of this will they actually remember? We tend to assume that more content means more learning. But perhaps the opposite is sometimes true. What if, instead of filling people’s heads with content, we gave them a frame they could populate for themselves? This is at the heart of our approach. We use simple, powerful metaphors fr

Autumn release and preparing for winter The leaves are beginning to turn. Children are going back to school. Holidays are ending. Diaries are filling again. For many of us, September brings a familiar acceleration. New projects. New meetings. New conferences. New priorities. But nature is doing almost exactly the opposite. Autumn is a season of letting go. Trees shed what they no longer need. Hedges are cut back. Growth slows. Energy is conserved for what is coming next. Perh

Protecting the conditions for growth If we want healthy soil, we need to protect it. And that means having boundaries. Not walls of stone or concrete, but something more like a hedge: living, permeable and adaptable, while still providing a clear boundary. Since returning from holiday, this is something I've been hearing repeatedly in coaching conversations. For many of us, summer brings wonderful moments of restoration. But the energy gained can disappear remarkably quickly.