With AI, we’ve crossed a line that no other species has: we’ve built an intelligence seemingly outside ourselves, one that might soon think faster, learn quicker than the very mind that created it. For many, especially those whose work lives in the world of ideas and information, this feels like a reckoning. You might be …
The Paradox of Fulfilment How do you find fulfilment in your work? Would you: love what you do, or do what you love? At first glance, they sound similar. But to me, they evoke entirely different worlds. One conjures up a future vision—a role, a calling, a path to be forged. The other invites us …
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to effortlessly achieve their vocational goals while others struggle to make progress? The secret lies not just in skills or opportunities, but in something much deeper: our feelings. Yes, those emotions, often hidden under the skin, swirling within us—joy, fear, envy, love—play a pivotal role in shaping …
This approach has been gaining traction, especially as traditional career planning methods—where you create a fixed plan and then execute it—struggle to keep up with today’s unpredictable and rapidly changing work landscape. In a world that is increasingly VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous), a more adaptive, exploratory way of navigating careers is essential, especially for people …
Inertia and its forms When it comes down to it, many of the issues people face when transitioning careers can be summed up as career change fears, the key word being… F-E-A-R Well, that’s what’s at the bottom of the well! All your demons, that you’ve been running from! As you move towards what you …
On-going Skill for Life Navigating a career change to do work you love, is not a one-time affair. Since having work that fits you is an ongoing process of adjustment as you evolve and grow. Learning the skill of listening to the truest, most authentic part of yourself is vital to having a satisfying and …
Seeing what’s going on in the world, I feel concerned and wonder what can I contribute to making it a better place. Things appear to be a bit unhinged. Polarized politics, the fragile state of the Earth’s ecosystem with its consequences, global economic uncertainty, plus the rapid development of technologies which no one truly knows …
Many of us have already come to the realisation that we might be happier if only we could relax our minds a little. We’re aware that many of the difficulties we face are not out there but within the boundaries of our brains. Perhaps we intuitively know that dealing with it could even lead us …
When I think of the word economics, the first things that I associate with that word are not spirituality, depth and transformation. And I have to admit, in the past, I’ve considered it a bit of a dirty word. But I’ve had a change of heart. You might say, I’ve begun to see the heart …
What’s the best way to finding a rewarding and satisfying career, when from where you’re standing, you really don’t know where you’re trying to get to? Perhaps you’ve been trying to figure it out, getting nowhere fast, and in the process, feeling even more lost and confused. It sounds too good to be true, however, …
