It is easy to get caught in the moment or moments, excited, working fast, and later to realise you don’t like where you arrived.
Speed and the Long Arc of Change
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From the Blog on change
Dog Walks and External Prompts
This morning the dog was elsewhere, so I didn’t need to walk him. I still woke at the same time, and yet, I didn’t walk.
The Value of Calm
In times of chaos or change, we need anchors. Being calm doesn’t mean being without questions. It remembers another day will come.
Billboards and Data Responsibility
One of the reasons for billboards is to remind us that the company exists so that when we make a purchase we think of them.
Policy Committments and Getting Over Humps
At ‘The Grand Bargain’, two of the committments agreed were for ‘more cash programming’ and ‘greater localisation’. What’s the impact?
Anger Formula
When our speed expectations are mismatched with the relative of the organisation we are a part of, our anger increases rapidly.
Journey Requests
I’m finding more and more than I need to make different requests. I don’t have a specific ask other than ‘Please journey with me’.
Handshakes and Anxiety
Handshakes and anxiety helps us understand why coordination and consortiums are very difficult to make function well.
Making Magic
Change can feel magical at times. It can feel like it should happen with a snap of our fingers. Just like a before and after photo of a house.