http://www.c2d.co.uk en-gb c2d.co.uk 2011-12-19T00:00:00Z c2d.co.uk http://www.c2d.co.uk/page7.htm#108927 I recently came across the second edition of a magazine called Mindscape whilst working and decided to buy it. One of the articles called The Limitations of Language by AudioMonk got me thinking. AudioMonk makes some very valid points about language being a collection of inert symbols which we use in an attempt to give meaning and coherence to our lives. He goes on to say that we can never be sure that the same words have the same meaning for everyone.George Kelly talks about how we can only understand what someone means by understanding how they interpret their own words i.e. from inside their meaning of the wordworld not ours. In these current troubled times it seems even more important that we take time to understand what someone is actually saying and not saying rather than reacting to the words they use to give expression to their thoughts.By making an effort to understand what how and why something is said or done and where that communication comes from we may facilitate bette... 2011-12-19 03:01:59 http://www.c2d.co.uk/page7.htm#93979 Im reading The Leadership Dojo by Richard StrozziHeckler and he talks about the situation in Iraq where the people once freed struggled to accept the reality of freedom having been without it for 35 years. On reading this I was struck by the similarity with my MSc. reseach where I explored how people being outsourced by BAe Systems saw their future. At the time BAe Systems and the other partner in the new parent company Xchanging did a very good job of promoting the positive aspects of the future within what became XHRS and setting expectations of the people being moved into the new company. They did this to the extent that those people who stayed in BAe Systems felt they had been let down and couldnt see a future for themselves in BAe Systems and many moved across in the first year of operation. My results also showed a clear correlation between ideal and XHRS a year from now representing the power of the created vision and the optimism felt by those in XHRS. When I repeated my ... 2011-5-15 19:01:43 http://www.c2d.co.uk/page7.htm#78979 I was recently at some traffic lights onto a roundabout and noticed that the car next to me kept creeping forwards then stopping then edging forward again until the lights changes and they sped off. Theres nothing much wrong with that you might say a bit of an impatient boy racer in a hurry for his own funeral and you might even say he was a poor driver. Sadly it was Police car This got me thinking about how we live our lives and the messages both covert and overt we give off. He was a person who should have been promoting good safe driving acting in an inappropriate manner and giving off potentially conflicting messages. In my role as an internal consultant and development coach I began thinking about how much I walk the talk and what messages do I give off Am I always practicing what I preach especially when I think others cant see me These are the times we must be specially vigilant and monitor our behaviour to make sure that we do live by those rules we espouce to others. ... 2010-10-28 16:00:51 http://www.c2d.co.uk/page7.htm#73090 Keighley Cougars have just been relegated and have just thrown away a game they should have won and one that would have taken them of the bottom of the league. Its a long story and in many ways a frustrating one. Basically the team was promoted last season but then they were deducted 9 points because the taxman forced the club into receivership and so theyve been up against it all season. However they could have avoided relegation and have won enough games to indicate what could have been. The big problem has been that they have lost too many games against the top teams by heavy scores and too many games theyve won by a low margin and given their opponents a bonus point on a couple of games theyve won by a single point. In many of the games they have held their own for long periods and then gone to sleep its almost as if they have thought to themselves we shouldnt be here they are too good for us and given their opponenets too much respect. Physically and technically the coach ... 2010-8-17 19:40:48 http://www.c2d.co.uk/page7.htm#55596 Ive just finished reading a couple of autobiographies of musicians and was struck by some of the choices they made and the impact that had on their lives. The two books were by Ginger Baker and Waylon Jennings. Strange bedfellows at the best of times a rock drummer and an outlaw country singer. But in many ways both had dependency problems and were know to take legal and illegal substances. After finishing Gingers book I felt strangely depressed. It looked like he had made many poor choices throughout his life and suffered the consequences. Whether he would agree or not I dont know but there was a sadness for me about the positive impact he could have made but just fell short every time. This led me to think about the choices Ive made and not made and how life couldwould be different if Id taken some different paths. Overall Im happy with where I am and what Ive achieved and whilst I went through a what if ... phase a few years ago I reconciled that with the fact that Im in a r... 2010-1-6 14:06:12