“Asking questions is the first way to begin change.” Kubra Sait It’s not about my learning journey Straight Circles was born from the idea that systems change is needed, and that we need to look at the challenges to get there from different perspectives. Something I still believe, and something I continue to work towards.Continue reading “The power of questions”
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The power of positivity
“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.” Colin Powell Positively serious Positivity is a strange thing if you think about it. To many, it seems to have a certain shallowness. Feedback often focuses on the negative while leaving the positive as something that need not be mentioned. Setting up interventions likewise: what’s missing, what should beContinue reading “The power of positivity “
Balance the key to thrive?
“Balance is not something you find, it’s something you create ” Jana Kingsford Time to reflect When do you feel good? Happy, content, energized, just, you know, life is good 😊 With schools starting again in Europe after the summer break, and many of us returning back to work after a break, this questionContinue reading “Balance the key to thrive?”
Tipping point
“The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.” Malcolm Gladwell To change or not to change How many people does it take to achieve real change our societies, in our system? This is a question that has been popping up inContinue reading “Tipping point”
Shifting mindsets
When we talk about the transition towards a circular economy, we quite often hear the term mindset. We need to shift our mindsets, away from monetary and materialistic growth and towards material and product loops where there are no waste and emissions. There is another mindset shift much needed, but not often mentioned: the shiftContinue reading “Shifting mindsets”
Time to think about time
Time…you either have too much of it or too little. Or, as social media posts will tell you, it’s not that you don’t have time, it’s about your priorities. Much as I have thoughts about these aspects too, and absolutely find we tend to glorify being busy and work above the rest of our livesContinue reading “Time to think about time”
What do we really need?
What do we really need? Did you ever think about how part of the solutions we come up with to our daily (or more serious) problems are based on what we already know? Say we need light to read, we automatically head for a shop to buy a light bulb. Or say we need forContinue reading “What do we really need?”
Our brilliant brain and its user manual
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein Our brain is brilliant. Looking around, there are traces of human brilliance everywhere. We travel in space, cure illnesses, develop ever further-reaching artificial intelligence, create more complex and impressive constructions…the list could easily go on. There isContinue reading “Our brilliant brain and its user manual”