“Houston we have a problem!” These words – made famous in the Tom Hanks movie, Apollo 13 – were first spoken by James Lovell from space aboard Apollo 13 on April 13, 1970. The phrase does a good job of getting…
Patience is not a virtue that comes naturally to me. For a variety of reasons best left to my therapist and wife to contemplate, I’ve developed a very pronounced action orientation over my lifetime. I dislike…
In this so-called ‘progressive’ post-modern world where the concept of truth and moral absolutes have been rejected in favour of humanistic, self-serving and inherently ambiguous ‘woke’ platitudes, there is…
Etymology is a fascinating discipline. You can learn a lot about culture change and the fluidity of social norms by tracing the evolution of specific words within a language.
Take for example the word ‘zealot’. The popular use…
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of hearing self-help clichés: “Be all you can be” “Just do it” “Man up!” “Girl power” “Tap into the power within”. What bothers me What bothers me the most about these hollow…
In my work as a Leadership Consultant I’ve learned that one of the most critical capabilities for effective leadership is inspired vision. Without it, people within organisations fail to coalesce around common goals…
Back in the early ‘70s, as a result of numerous global crises, there was a popular saying that circulated through society: “Hang in there, baby!” The phrase found its way onto posters, t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc. It became a…
“And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be…”