“Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers, or equations, and the simpler the story, the better.” — Yuval Noah Harari Is the...

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” - Unknown (often attributed to...

'It was the best of times; it was the worst of times' - Charles Dickens I hesitated before writing this. Who am I to generalise, to...

“People care a great deal more about appearance and reputation than about reality.” - Jonathan Haidt , The Righteous Mind Are beliefs the...

“Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work.” - Albert Einstein Where to go next? It feels in the day that Amazon can get a product to...

Blaming others is a common response to not feeling happy Too good to be true usually means too good to be true." – Richard Branson We...

This is the book cover This week, I have not been able to spend as much time writing as I would have liked to, and that is largely...

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." - Robert Kennedy The...

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”  – Bruce Lee Outsize outputs come from a small group in inputs. If...

"Focus is the art of knowing what to ignore" - James Clear What to focus on this year? Dear readers thank you for joining me in this...

It's time to have a grown up conversation around free speech... What's the real story of free speech today? Free speech was back in the...

"The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence—it is to act with yesterday's logic." - Peter Drucker If someone had...

"You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough." – Frank Crane We need to talk about...

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."  – Lao Tzu My biology teacher used to joke, "A pessimist is a man...

Bs is everywhere. We know what it is when we see it, but how do we define it, spot it and avoid it? Today's blogs takes the smelly tour...

"The plural of anecdote is misinformation" - Dr. Jonathan Stea Did a policy work? Voters are in the mood for radical policies. Radical...

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it means to sit down and listen” - often misattributed to Churchill...

"Narratives are the primary way in which we make sense of our lives" - Jacqui Stedmon What are narratives?   In most situations there is...

There was recently a survey from a right wing magazine which stated that the bottom quarter of the US had the same or worse outcomes to...

"We can neither endure our vices nor their remedies." - Livy about the Roman Empire Whether it is riots, strikes or feelings of...

Today's short blog is on a subject that seems so obvious, but we often fall into logical fallacies around it. Popular does not equal...

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - Evelyn Beatrice Hall Increasingly we are hearing of...

'It has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried' - Winston...

"Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world."- Sharon Salzberg This year 2024, has...