Change

Landscape of loss

15 October 2021 / Change, Inner work, Reflective practice

Transitioning into 2021, I’m thoughtful about loss. In a Christmas letter to friends, I wrote that the very fabric of my life was dismantled in 2020. I know I’m not alone in this and share the following reflections in case they’re relevant to others. Fabric offers a rich metaphor. The structure of (traditional) cloth […]

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Quiet industry*

1 March 2017 / Change, Leadership, Reflective practice

For nearly twenty years I lived next to a factory. For most of that time, a rhythmic whisper of working machinery accompanied my daily life, punctuated by a piercing bell that signalled a change of shift every eight hours. A couple of years ago the plant fell silent as production relocated to a nearby town.

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