Are you curious by default? Are you comfortable with uncertainty and do you, deep down, think the world is simply too complex to understand fully? If this strikes a chord you might be a systems thinker at heart.
But what does this mean - systems thinking? What is this mysterious term that most likely conjures up an abundance of connotations coloured by our backgrounds, world views and beliefs.
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Deep down in our soul, we cry out for someone, anyone, to point the way out of our current financial troubles. Both personally and at large. In reality this could mean rethinking the value of money altogether. Read my story published in Sublime Magazine (print version) about alternative economist Manfred Max-Neef and his revolutionary model of Human Scale Development. Could this play a part in the way out of this mess we're in?
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When I came across the opportunity to take part in a five week evening course on Active Listening & Peer Coaching, I jumped at the chance. I was thirsty for knowledge of how to enhance the way I communicate with others and deepen my connections with the people around me. It was quite a ride!
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As we meander around in a bluebell wood with a basket bursting with recently foraged mushrooms, I feel like a child again. I grew up in the city so bluebell woods are not an intrinsic part of my childhood memories. Yet on entering them, this is how I feel, lilac blue stretching as far as I can see amongst the trees. It fills me with calm, with hope and with wonder.
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