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One Way To Tell If I Really Need Another Meeting?
19 March 2025 — Meetings

One Way To Tell If I Really Need Another Meeting?

Do I really need another meeting? Real deliverables don't happen in a meeting, and yet we're spending 60% of our time in meetings.

The Curious Story of an 8 Year Old Boy, a Traffic Cone, and an Old Man
9 March 2025 — Creativity

The Curious Story of an 8 Year Old Boy, a Traffic Cone, and an Old Man

It’s all too easy to lose the child that sees treasure where adults see litter, and opportunity where adults see risk.

Invisibles - Human Superheroes Changing The World
19 February 2025 — Cleaning Up

Invisibles - Human Superheroes Changing The World

Invisibles are superheroes. From time to time, they put on their Invisibility Capes, go out into the world, and clean it up.

A Silver Lining in the Dark Clouds of Donald Trump
18 February 2025 — Random Thoughts

A Silver Lining in the Dark Clouds of Donald Trump

Perhaps it won’t be as rocky a ride as I currently anticipate. It can only be 4 years. Right? I’m Barrie, and I’m a South African!

Do You Have A Word For The Year 2025?
26 November 2024 — Word for the Year

Do You Have A Word For The Year 2025?

Do you have a word for 2025? If not, read this. The instructions are pretty straight forward. I dare you :-)

The World's Top Therapist || Bob Newhart
19 July 2024 — Random Thoughts

The World's Top Therapist || Bob Newhart

I can’t tell you how many times I sit with friends, wanting to take on the persona Dr Switzer, and then pass on his powerful advice. STOP IT!!

SA Election Winners In A Sandpit For an Hour
1 June 2024 — Play

SA Election Winners In A Sandpit For an Hour

Imagine taking the leaders of this week's top political parties and dropping them into a sandpit, requiring that they play together?

An Ode To LinkedIn
31 May 2024 — Random Thoughts

An Ode To LinkedIn

I wonder what we all could be if we escaped our neediness? If we were always honest, and open, and authentic?

What Criteria / Rules Does Wordle Use for Its Answer List
22 May 2024 — Random Thoughts

What Criteria / Rules Does Wordle Use for Its Answer List

How do words get onto the Wordle Answer List? Here's a short adventure of what I discovered on my journey through the interwebs

A Push Up Challenge And The 10 000 Hour Rule Problem
9 April 2024 — Random Thoughts

A Push Up Challenge And The 10 000 Hour Rule Problem

Challenge someone to put in 10 000 hours of anything, to become a world class whatever it was, and they'll give up before they start

Creativity and your Subconscious. Nothing is as it seems
9 January 2024 — Creativity

Creativity and your Subconscious. Nothing is as it seems

Derren Brown invited 2 sets of Advertising Executives to come up with a name, logo and strapline for a taxidermy business.

Do You Have A Word For The Year 2024?
5 December 2023 — Word for the Year

Do You Have A Word For The Year 2024?

Do you have a word for 2024? If not, read this. The instructions are pretty straight forward. I dare you :-)