The Single Most Thing That Profoundly Changed My Understanding Of Leadership!
Just over a decade ago, I had the privilege to chair the Governance Committee of one of the largest NGOs in the planet, the World YMCA. Under the prodigious leadership…
The Understated Purpose Of Education
I just had a 30-minute-long debate with 13-year-old girl. She asserts that 80 per cent of her schooling knowledge is useless because she will never get to use it. While…
What Do I Believe?
It was totally unexpected! It was a stunningly beautiful day in Paris, the first sunny day since we had touched down in France. As we snaked our way through the…
Loving Your Neighbour
So, while I was away, my kids had a debate about the meaning of loving your neighbour as yourself. It seems one of them was making a case that there…
An Ode To The Unknowns
Amazing Grace how sweet the sound... The tune to which John Newton penned those beautiful lyrics was by the unknown slaves who were probably groaning and weeping before God while…
My Kids Accused Me Of Ruining Their Innocence
So last night as we were having dinner, my kids ask me if I were to go back to any point in time, where would I go and why? I…
Ethics In My Household
A huge ethics debate erupted over a restaurant meal with my kids this afternoon. When I audited the bill, as I always do, I noticed that the waiter omitted to…
On Church Buildings
This is inside a decommissioned church in Dublin. It has spectacular ceilings and beautifully sculptured wall decor. The centrepiece is a bar, adorned with an array of spirits beaming with…
Cognitive Heuristics – The Underrated Science Of Meaning-Making
The Matrix movie trilogy hypothesises a scenario where artificially intelligent (AI) machines have enslaved humankind by creating a simulated reality called “The Matrix". This simulated reality tricks humankind to believe…
And I Cussed!
I’d had a tumultuous week. Amid my upheaval, I accidentally swore in hearing distance of my children. Without skipping a beat, they ask me, “Did you just swear?” I immediately…
Telling Vs Modelling
So recently I learnt something profound. My ever-resolute wife decided to teach us a song during our prayer time. Now my nephew, who is staying with us, has never been…
About How The World Of Cognition Works
Please allow me to serve you with these few thought nuggets that may optimise your navigation of this treacherous terrain we call life. Whatever opinion anyone has about anything, even…