It’s Friday, But Sunday’s Coming – S.M. Lockridge
The Power Of The Spoken Word For 2.2 billion people around the world, the Easter weekend is a central focus of their faith. For me, on Easter Friday, shortly after I’ve woken up, a particular 3 minute section of a sermon jumps into my head. It’s by S.M. Lockridge....
Thought Nuggets || March || 2025
Really interesting (to me) ‘Thought Nuggets’ I’ve read, watched or listened to this past month. Things that helped me think a little harder, and learn a little more. Human brain samples contain an entire spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says |...
Who’s Doing What To Minimise Meetings?
Since the very first human beings bumped into each other, meetings have been an essential part of our survival. Important conversations around growing stuff, hunting stuff, protecting ourselves from the people in the next valley, not stealing each other’s partners and...
One Way To Tell If I Really Need Another Meeting?
According to a Harvard Business Review study executives (I imagine Americans) spend around 23 hours per week in meetings (3 x 8 hour working days). That’s up from less than 10 hours in the 1960’s [insert shock and horror face emoji here]. Whichever part of...
The Curious Story of an 8 Year Old Boy, a Traffic Cone, and an Old Man
If you’d been walking along the same river as I was this week, you may have spotted a 55 year old man walking his dogs, lugging a bright orange traffic-cone home. If you had seen him and asked why he was carrying it, I’d have been curious as to his...
Invisibles – Human Superheroes Changing The World
For years now I’ve been aware of a grouping of people I label, ‘The Invisibles’. I haven’t met them and I don’t know who they are, but I know they’re around, because over and over again, I’ve seen their work as I go about my...
A Silver Lining in the Dark Clouds of Donald Trump
The ‘how I feel about Donald Trump’ continuum is as long as it is diverse. Using a weather theme, on the one side you have extreme MAGA-thusiasts, who I describe as the ‘all rainbow with vaults of gold lying everywhere’ people. On the other end...
Thought Nuggets || February || 2025
Thought Nuggets I’ve read, watched or listened to this month. Things that helped me think a little harder, and learn a little more. The decline and potential fall of the ANC empire A recent set of reports, revelations and decisions by the ANC may serve as a...
Thought Nuggets || January || 2025
Thought Nuggets I read, watched or listened to this month. Things that helped me think a little harder, and learn a little more. Where Are the Grown-Ups? [Sep 2024] Sam Harris talks about the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the cesspool of X, Tucker...
