Daily life can often be a massive challenge. From overloaded to-do lists to crunched time, and from feeling like we’re being pulled in every direction to the dizzyingly fast pace of life - it’s enough to make even the most patient person have a meltdown (or multiple meltdowns). Added … [Read more...] about Learning and Development Roundtable: Easy, peasy tech tools to save your sanity in work and at home

Learn how to build community and engagement online (with an elephant, raccoon, roller coaster and vacuum cleaner)
Wondering what a roller coaster, raccoon, vacuum cleaner and elephant have to do with building community engagement online? Keep reading. Lectures that drone on and on. Overwhelming unread notifications of online events. Workshops that are drier than the Sahara desert and … [Read more...] about Learn how to build community and engagement online (with an elephant, raccoon, roller coaster and vacuum cleaner)

Planning a meaningful, custom 2021 for you and your team
While we’ve shut the door on last year-thank goodness, 2021 is in front of us in all her foggy, mysteriousness. We’ve girded our loins and made it through 2020 but what we’re facing now is unsure. Overwhelm, fatigue, and uncertainty are smack in our faces. Our tanks are empty, and yet we need to … [Read more...] about Planning a meaningful, custom 2021 for you and your team

Have you read any of these, my top five favourite reads from 2020?
Learning lifts. It lifts us out of poverty, ignorance, misunderstanding and narrow world views. Learning lands us in richness, intelligence, understanding and expanded world views. If you want to know more about what learning can do you, then scroll down to take a look at my top reads … [Read more...] about Have you read any of these, my top five favourite reads from 2020?

Ten lessons from my Maasai friend, spurred by taking fresh kill from a lion part two
I’ve been going on safaris since 1995 when I saw my first zebra while hitchhiking from South Africa to Zimbabwe. Last week I wrote about the first five of ten lessons I’ve learned from safari guide and dear friend Jackson Looseyia and his magical Tangulia Mara Camp. (I got to know Jackson when I … [Read more...] about Ten lessons from my Maasai friend, spurred by taking fresh kill from a lion part two

Ten lessons from my Maasai friend, spurred by taking fresh kill from a lion
I don’t know which I was more fascinated by, the Dorobo men confidently walking towards a pride of lions to take some of their fresh kill (true story!) or the Maasai man who was so expertly interpreting for the BBC film crew. In honour of World Humanitarian Day I thought it was perfect timing to … [Read more...] about Ten lessons from my Maasai friend, spurred by taking fresh kill from a lion

20 years of Learning & Development; Rachel’s haircut, Google & me
This month marks 20 years of me being self-employed. Can you believe it?! I’ve got so many reasons to celebrate, not the least of which is you dear reader. So let’s look back on 20 years & get the party started. All month you’ll see extra goodies, gifts & great resources. The same year I … [Read more...] about 20 years of Learning & Development; Rachel’s haircut, Google & me
An invitation to understand yourself & others waaaayyy better
What if I told you I had the secret sauce to building your personal & professional resilience? To simplifying communication & conflict resolution? To understanding yourself & others waaayyyy better so you can create better connections? We’re connected & disconnected all at the same … [Read more...] about An invitation to understand yourself & others waaaayyy better