While most of us have trouble spelling ‘anaesthesiologist’, Lydia Kavai is in no doubt. That’s what she wants to be. Lydia’s ambition: “To become an anaesthesiolgist and become a part of Kenya’s expanding medical services. I also want to help my family and in particular my brothers and sisters achieve their goals”. When we met [...]

Recently, I read a blog about Owen Hansen and his 1980’s “innovative” open-space technology for conducting meetings. The open-space approach has the following mechanisms: a broad, open invitation that articulates the purpose of the meeting; participant chairs arranged in a circle; a “bulletin board” of issues and opportunities posted by participants; a “marketplace” with many [...]

The seemingly random collection of words which appear above are contained in a mural which dominates the entrance to the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). I found the words resonated so much with me that I immediately jotted them down in my notebook to share with others.   MoMA itself cannot fail to [...]