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…
“All perspectives are wrong but some are helpful” – Zoom-Out Signpost
Let’s go on a journey to the heart of what it means to be human. Let’s consider the way many people live out their lives. Many people…
Buddha and death meditation Zoom-Out
Contemplation of death, rather than something to be avoided, is actually a very powerful Zoom-Out with many benefits. Buddhists in particular know this deep down…
Emotional Reappraisal Zoom-Out (David Rock)
I’m a big fan of David Rock and his passion for understating how the brain works in order to help us make the most of ourselves and…
Steve Jobs’ Zoom-Out on Death
We do not need to look way back in time to the ancient philosophers for wisdom on death. Steve Jobs inspirational “Stanford Commencement address on June 12, 2005.” is…