#Theweekthatwas @ 02/11/2026
Championship teams are not always the most talented, but they're almost certainly the best led
Who’s keeping the score?
There’s a pattern in leadership right now that I find deeply troubling - and deeply revealing.
With New Zealand’s elections underway, the campaigning has been more focused on attacking opponents than articulating any vision worth voting for.
But this week, the same question showed up in a spa pool. And at a friend’s medical appointment.
#Theweekthatwas @ 25/10/2026
The moment we start blaming others for where we find ourselves in our lives is the moment to invest in a mirror
On agitating with intention
There’s a toy in our house that I’ve had to ask the kids to keep away from me.
It’s a handheld water game. Press the buttons, agitate the water, and the balls shoot up and land somewhere new.
The agitation doesn’t guarantee the outcome. But without it, nothing moves. That’s what this week’s blog is all about.
#Theweekthatwas @ 18/10/2026
Understanding that honour is not bestowed by any human frees us from the need to seek acceptance or security from others
#Theweekthatwas @ 11/10/2026
Difference can be used as an opportunity to learn or as a means to divide
I teach this. I still struggle with it.
This week, someone asked me what my highlights were.
I paused. And then I talked about watching a group of leaders show up differently - behaviours committed to in words, lifted off the page and becoming visible in real time.
The gap between knowing and doing was narrowing. In front of me. And I sat with that glow in my heart.
Because I know how hard that is. I'm on both sides of it simultaneously.
First the constriction. Then the dawn.
It's school holidays. The house is full. The calendar is still full. And the space between them is considerably more restricted than I'd like.
And yet - the constriction creates its own expansion. It always does.
This week that pattern showed up everywhere.
#Theweekthatwas @ 27/09/2026
When we don't know who we are, we seek recognition of our worth from others
#Theweekthatwas @ 20/09/2026
When you've put in the work and achieved your goal, it's important to acknowledge your own effort
Glass, rubber or ceramic?
Last week, I dropped some balls. Intentionally.
And despite society's conditioning that "dropping the ball" is a bad thing - I want to tell you why that doesn't necessarily make me a bad person or a failure.
On glass, rubber and ceramic - and the two years it took to know the difference.
#Theweekthatwas @ 06/09/2026
Fatherhood is not for the fainthearted nor is it for those who wish to avoid life's greatest joys
#Theweekthatwas @ 31/08/2026
Without optimism, one tends to feel as though we're being sucked into a deep dark bottomless pit - pretty pointless really
#Theweekthatwas @ 23/08/2026
Despite knowing our time on earth is limited, too many of us still act as though we're going to live forever
#Theweekthatwas @ 16/08/2026
Being grateful for what you have and striving for more are not mutually exclusive concepts
IgnorANCE or ignorING?
IgnorANCE. IgnorING. Same root. Very different meaning.
This week, the distinction showed up in four very different moments - a mentoring conversation, a workshop, a real-time interruption and a fizzy drink.
On the gap between not knowing and choosing not to act - and the uncomfortable question that follows both.
#Theweekthatwas @ 9/08/2026
Equality and equity may have some letters in common, but they're not the same thing
#Theweekthatwas @ 2/08/2026
Service should never be for the recognition but it's appreciated when it is recognised
#Theweekthatwas @ 19/07/2026
It's better to start with what you have instead of waiting for what you wish you had