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What does the Titanic have to do with the Climate Emergency?
I have recently started to watch the “Just In Case” lecture and interview series hosted by Mee Yan Cheung-Judge on her YouTube channel, Quality and Equality. This is a great resource for anyone interested in Organisation Development and I recommend if you haven’t come across it before. Recently I was watching an episode with Glenda […]
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Blogging again
Yes. It’s happening. I am recommitting myself (once again) to the craft and discipline of writing an occasional blog. To be fair, the hiatus of activity on my blog is a familiar pattern that I have seen play out in my life with a few other things as well. I get into something. Then I […]
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A mundane evening in Covid-times
Sipping mint-liquorice tea, I listen to Ghost Stories Cat and I gaze out of the front window onto a late evening throwing shades of dusk on a cloud-covered sunset that my imagination illuminates I close my eyes, swaying and singing along to True Love Cat looks down with disappointment in her eyes, licks her lips, […]
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System Addict
The 80s pop group Five Star sang about systems in one of their most famous hits “System Addict”, where they warbled about their connection to electronic systems of music (keyboard, Walkman etc.). This blogpost is sadly nowhere near creative or catchy as their song, but its reference here is my vaguely clever/lazy and convenient segue […]
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Reflections on our climate emergency #1
Whoever we are, whatever we do, and wherever we live, every single one of us will be increasingly affected by anthropogenic climate change and the world’s unfolding sixth mass extinction. My wake-up call I remember being concerned about the health and wellbeing of planet earth from a relatively young age. My first proper wake-up call […]
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Cloud watching for positive mental health
Very occasionally I experience episodes of acute anxiety. I have developed some really helpful strategies which help me heal and recover. During a particularly challenging emotional period in my life this year, I discovered a new approach to soothing my mental wellbeing which had a remarkable healing effect on me. Clouds. I was not having […]
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Have you got around to it?
When I was a young teenager, my parents – much to their delight and amusement – gave me a souvenir plate to hang in my room. The plate had printed words across it, duly explaining what the plate was: a Round Tuit. I inherited the Round Tuit from my Grandpa….one of a number of artefacts, heirlooms and nick-nacks […]
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Abby in OD Wonderland
I originally posted this on my old blog after attending the OD Network Europe (ODNE) conference in 2015. I am happy to republish it again here. What is your story? Once upon a time a kind-hearted and determined woman called Abby won a golden ticket to enter the magical Kingdom of Roffey Park. It sat […]
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The seeds of Grit
I read an interesting book recently, titled “Grit: Why passion and resilience are the secrets to success“. The author, psychologist Angela Duckworth, posits that regardless of the natural ability we already have, the development and application of “grit” is one of the key ingredients that more than likely will propel us towards success and achievement […]
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What do you bring to the room?
How you show up matters. Whether you like it or not, your arrival to, presence at, and departure from, a situation has an impact of some kind on those who are there. Big or small, mindful or thoughtless, loud or quiet, active or reflective. It matters. What you say, how you behave, how you look, […]
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Abigail Hopewell 