Pale Blue Dot
The greatest selfie ever taken? From a Zoom-Out perspective, certainly. Also the greatest distance – you’d need a very long selfie-stick indeed to beat this…
Out of Time – a Zoom-Out Parable
A Zoomologists tale… From up here, Jim could see for miles. In fact, as the cliche goes, he could exclaim, “I can see my house…
The Blind Men And The Elephant (poem)
This ancient parable of the blind men and an elephant is pure Zoom-Out. There have been subtle variations of the parable over the ages. Its roots can…
William Blake as Zoomologist
To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild Flower,Hold Infinity in the palm of your handAnd Eternity in an…
‘This Is Water’ by David Foster Wallace
“This Is Water” is pure Zoom-Out. It is the title given to a commencement speech (and later a derived written publication) given by David Foster Wallace…
Art as Zoom-Out
Maria Popova (Brain Pickings) on art as Zoom-Out: “[Art] unsettles us awake, disrupts our deadening routines, enlarges our reservoir of hope by enlarging our perspective,…
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Sandsend [poem]
Sandsend Oceans new beat oceans pastAcross the seas of moments lost.Walk with me in the here and nowDiscover the golden life in the cold rock.Cliffs…
Jimi Hendrix as Zoomologist
The story of life is quickerThan the wink of an eyeThe story of love is hello and goodbyeUntil we meet again. – Jimi Hendrix, 1970
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Peering at the inner workings of the universe [art]
This is a modification of the Flammarion wood engraving by an unknown artist. It is referred to as the Flammarion Woodcut because its first documented appearance…
The Perfect Map
What is the single greatest source of missed opportunity, frustration, anxiety and stress? Here, we explore this through the power of storytelling. Sit back and…
Bill Hicks Zoom-Out – “It’s Just a Ride”
I was recommending some comedians to a friend the other day. As well as being entertaining, comedians are natural perspective-shifters – they show us funny…
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Self Pity [poem]
Self-Pity I never saw a wild thingsorry for itself.A small bird will drop frozen dead from a boughwithout ever having felt sorry for itself. –…
Tame the “Golden-eyed monster”
As humans we are endowed with an incredible power. One that we all too often take for granted. The power itself goes unnoticed. The power itself is…
The Doors of Perspective
The Doors of Perception is a philosophical essay, released as a book, by Aldous Huxley. First published in 1954, it details his experiences when taking mescaline.…
Bill Hicks Zoom-Out – It’s Just a Ride
I was recommending some comedians to a friend the other day. As well as being entertaining, comedians are natural perspective-shifters – they show us funny…
Underground Beauty
The London Underground (rail network, aka Tube) is a source of dread and daily misery. However, it’s full of beauty if you look for it.…
The Zoom-Out Equation of Behaviour
We often equate a person’s behaviour completely to the person they happen to be. Bad behaviour = bad person. This is an easy way to see…
Agile Coach as Puppet Master (& the Zoom-Out Resolution)
Zoom-Out Coaching is a powerful tool for personal and business Coaches in general and also for Agile Coaches.Calling all Puppet Masters!OK let’s be explicit, “Agile…
Dead Cactus
Metaphors help us to make sense of the world. Metaphors are also useful thinking and communication tools which we can use in business as well…
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Cosmic Soup [poem]
Cosmic Soup Cosmic soup did come from a tin,A tiny, teeny, tiny tin.And before that tin, there was no tin,No tin, no tin, nothin’. So…
Omens
This was the sight that greeted me each morning as I emerged from Waterloo Station, London, during 2016 when I was working with one client. I…
Death the ultimate Zoom-Out?
Terry Pratchet meets his Death Is death the ultimate Zoom-Out? The one that puts EVERYTHING into perspective? I don’t mean in a physical or literal…
The Wasp Sting Zoom-Out
Here in the UK summer is in the air and the buzz of wasps is often heard. In life, metaphorical “wasps” are more perennial however.…
Happiness at Work worldwide 2012
These are the shocking statistics on employee engagement according to a 2012 GALLUP State of the Global Workplace report covering 142 countries: That’s a whopping 87% of people not…
TED Talk “Perspective is everything” by Rory Sutherland
Rory Sutherland is a British advertising executive. He is the current Executive Creative Director of OgilvyOne He’s also appointed an Honorary Member of the Zoomological Society for…
TED Talk “Your perception is not always reality” by Nikos Konstantinou
This is a powerful Zoom-Out related TED Talk video. “Our brain constructs and shapes our reality. The importance of previous experiences and context related to how…