Travel Photo of the Day: London Underground Calling

A London business man’s pauses briefly atop the stairs that descend in to the subterranean ageing London tube network to take a call before heading underground This image was (obviously) taken in London. To me it’s just so iconic of everything I, as an Australian, Read More …

A Debrief on Apple: Why I Wrote the Apple Article & The Response

This article is a follow-up post from the original article – ‘I Quit: What Really Goes on at Apple’ – posted here It should be no surprise to anyone reading this, that I wrote a blog last week about why I quit Apple. In this Read More …

I’m Not a Monkey: Keep Your Banana

Why People Leave Companies & Why Reward and Recognition Programs Don’t Work I’m not a monkey. Offering me a banana or threatening me with a pointed stick will not change my behaviour. Us humans are not simple creatures. How and why we behave is complex, Read More …

The Day I switched Off My Left Brain

This post was inspired by a recent Ted Talk that I watched titled: ‘My Stroke of Insight’. This video is the story of  brain scientist, Jill Bolte Taylor who had a stroke which temporarily disabled her left brain creating a surprising and astonishing experience. I Read More …

Is Human Suffering Hard Wired?

‘Suffering’ is a very broad term. People use the term ‘suffering’ across a vast array of life experiences. Sometimes the way in which it is used justifies its definition and negative connotations whilst others bastardise and dilute the concepts of suffering itself through claiming to Read More …