(I’ve written about this before — with more examples and jokes [in the Identity Yoga section] — but I wanted to lay out just a bare-essentials summary of how to commit. Because people keep asking for it. Hope it’s helpful. C)
A big part of my work on clarity in recent years has been trying to find a vocabulary that works. Ever since my editor at The Face magazine made me read George…
It’s easy to end up feeling responsible for lots of things. Easy to feel obligated or duty-bound or answerable for just about anything. But there is a world of difference between feeling…
(Hi. The first course sold out, but you can book your place on the next one here.)
Which should come first?Who you are or what you do?
In polite city networking, obviously “So, what do you do?” is the first question you…
I believe there are three things that you need to be able to do to complete a full process — from needing something…
About ten years ago I ran a workshop at the Kaospilot School in Denmark on storytelling and business design.
So, if this was the long version I’d gradually approach the question of identity by talking about advertising and personal branding and role-playing and improvisation. But this is the short version so I’ll cut to the chase.
Eleven years ago, I was living in Brixton and worrying about paying my council tax bill. I’d recently been made redundant, when the magazine I was working for (gloriously optimistic bible of creative shininess, The Face) was closed down by its new owners.