On this episode of The Tension: Untangling two of our most valuable resources. Listen now: Anchor | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Google Podcasts | PocketCasts | Breaker | Overcast
Why the future of learning is in the middle
Become a workshop creator and magical things can happen The view was spectacular and the light poured in. In a top-floor conference room located in one of Manhattan’s most noteworthy skyscrapers, it was time to close the door, ignore the rest of the world, lean up against the window, and…
The Tension: No One Cares
On this episode of The Tension: A birthday lunch, some home truths, and the feeling of freedom from knowing that no one cares. Listen now: Anchor | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Google Podcasts | PocketCasts | Breaker | Overcast
The Tension: Natural / Rounded
Lessons from a New York institution: Astor Place Hairstylists. Listen now: Anchor | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Google Podcasts | PocketCasts | Breaker | Overcast Thanks to Karen Gehres for kindly providing permission to use audio from her film ‘Astor Barber All-Stars‘ in this episode.
The Question: ‘So, what do you do?’
A Thursday afternoon as the summer blinked into view. The two of us pulled up a pair of high seats at the bar. Prohibition throwback, well-worn menu, metropolitan pricing. After an introduction from a mutual connection, we’d emerged unscathed from the obligatory tennis match of email-based scheduling – the clay…
The Tension: Microscope / Telescope
We all need to be able to deftly utilize the microscope and the telescope. One probably won’t be enough. Listen now: Anchor | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Google Podcasts | PocketCasts | Breaker | Overcast Footnote: The introduction for this week’s episode comes from ‘Through Galileo’s Telescope’ (1933)…
No AC to DC
It’s that time. I’m off to Penn Station. I’m taking the B line to what is, kindly, the B list of train terminals. And then my subway mysteriously skips my exit point, Herald Square. It doesn’t really even skip it. It just chugs, almost apologetically, except with no apologies forthcoming. …
A new podcast: The Tension
A short-form podcast series on noticing, embracing, and harnessing the tension that shows up in the work we do, so we can get where we want to go. Listen on Anchor| Listen on Spotify| Listen on Stitcher In September 2017 I moved from London to New York. Whilst I arrived…
Overwhelm, Skateboards, and a new podcast
When we see a top performer in action they can seem to be floating on air. They’re able to effortlessly riff, duck, and weave. The waves they ride just keep on waving. We wonder: how do they manage this to keep this going seamlessly for 30 minutes, an hour, a…
The Secret
Tony Gilroy is one of the world’s most revered screenwriters. He’s written movies as successful, and as diverse, as Armageddon, The Bourne Identity, and Michael Clayton. When describing the process he applies to his work, Gilroy often talks about The Secret. He’ll take a walk around New York City until…