Art and theatre reviews
Nobody Rides the Unicorn: theatre review
It was amazing how much expression an apparently expressionless puppet can achieve when well manipulated - fear, excitement, sadness, euphoria all in small movements of hands and head.
Titus Andronicus: theatre review
Titus Andronicus was an absolute joy for anyone who likes their Shakespeare shaken up, electro-shocked à la Frankenstein – something rather beautiful and terrible jolted into vivid life.
Ripon Cathedral's lunchtime concerts: Josephine Peach - music review
“There’s one thing you must tell him – let him explore.” Josephine Peach’s advice to me for my 7 year old son, about to start his first piano lessons.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park - Review
Nothing staid or restrained about this 'gallery' - it is all touch and running and sunshine.
Gordon Baldwin - Objects for a Landscape - art and workshop review
Called ‘Clouds made of Clay’, the workshop was responding to one of Baldwin’s particular inspirations, cloud formations.
Clare Woods - The Unquiet Head
Two things struck me: the sheer scale of the paintings, and their glorious physicality, in the boldness of colour and glossy liquidity of the surfaces.
Leadership and organisational design
Navigating pressure zones: a post from Automattic's Innovation Exchange
Innovation thrives when we understand and navigate the fine line between comfort and stress effectively. By staying mainly in the ‘stretch zone,’ we harness the right amount of pressure that propels growth without leading into panic.
Delegation frameworks
One of the challenges of leadership is how to decide what to delegate, when, and to whom. Here’s a simple and memorable framing, to help make decisions around delegation and prioritisation.
Goal orientation for maximum motivation: approach versus avoidance
Consciously framing goals in 'approach' terms (growth mindset) motivates teams better than 'avoidant' framed goals, during challenging times. But, this may be flipped on its head when writing proposals for executive teams.