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The Art Of Career Change | Taking notes

From the wonderful School Of Life

Five deliciously taunting lessons from Roman Krznaric on finding fulfilling work:

1. Confusion is perfectly normal

      • —changing career (and the prospect of doing so) is utterly confusing due to the paradox of choice plus we’re naturally rick adverse—we have to move beyond this

2. Beware of personality tests

      • —they simply don’t work

3. Be a wide achiever, not a high achiever

      • —nurture the many sides of who we are to be a portfolio worker or a serial specialist

4. Find where your values and talent meet

      • —therein lies in your vocation

5. Act first, reflect later

    • —make time for change. The ‘plan and implement model’ is backwards. Branching projects or temporary assignments.

How did you find the job that fulfils you?

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Rilke’s Desk

Rilke in the Hotel Biron, Paris

Totally intrigued by this image of my literary mentor, Rainer Maria Rilke.

The bare room.

The sturdy desk.

The overbearing chair.

And then there’s the look… away… reaching… not to notice the scene but more as a gesture to placate the task in which the mind is now dutifully attending—beauty builds in the pause before the creative act!

Related post: The Man Watching
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2013 Visit To Portland | Seattle | Bozeman | San Francisco et al

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Shooting hoops time with Obama…

Next summer I’ll be heading to the West coast of North America.

Will arrive into Portland, Oregon 1st July 2013 (depart 15th) and during those two weeks the current idea is to:


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Then… will arrive into San Francisco on 15th July / depart 18th.

Have a couple of potential masterclass / internal speaking sessions to deliver for clients in the above locations and also intend to catch up with good friends (old & new).

Am always open for more opportunities to share my social media pedigree—if you’re interested please get in touch (will also be open for hopping on a plan elsewhere and extending my stay if the gig is cool enough).

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Surprise Is Experience Reversed

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The ‘gasp’ model.

Experience is knowing. Understanding. Awareness. Expectation. Safe. Trusted.

See title / above.

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Design & Thinking | Wellington Screening

Miss it, miss out.

If you’re free on 14th September 2012 at 4pm get yourself to The Film Archive to catch the first Wellington, NZ screening:

Design Thinking was applied as a term and methodology by a design firm in 2008. It was received as a tool to solve every problem, from daily life decisions to business challenges to world hunger problems. Attention and debates followed; some insisted on design education in all K-12 schools, some declared it is just marketing tool for that firm, some hoped it would turn his company into Apple. Some said it’s nothing new, just a new packaging of how creative people do things.

Design & Thinking, the movie is bought to these shores by the funky, clever folks from Empathy—not many tickets left, book now.

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UX For Good – NOLA 2012 | Building Teams Around Causes

20mins of good stuff.

The model is simple:

“We lure the smartest, most creative, most influential people out of boardrooms and darkened auditoriums to get them engaged in designing a better world.”

The above will rarely succeed at most organisation / companies due to limited or little time and (head and / or physical) space.

Check out The Insights Labs for inspiration (and what I want to do when we all grow up).

Isn’t this the perfect model for innovation?

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