Empathy vs Competence
A dentist who is empathetic to my pain is less useful than one who is competent [see photo]. I prefer a pilot who is competent to one...
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Richard Lipscombe
Aug 6, 20191 min read
"Boutique Collectives" - a global fad
As we all know, fads come and go. Often the most popular fads repeat. When they are with us they go viral and thus they are everywhere....
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 31, 20191 min read
Diversity and inclusion is "on fire"
Diversity and inclusion [you can not have one without the other] is "burning down" our institutions. First. Diversity is a system. It is...
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 30, 20191 min read
The "stand-out strawberry" in the pallet
If you are "a stand-out strawberry" in your bunch [see photo] then you are truly amazing. I know that your life is not easy. I know that...
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 26, 20191 min read
Is your mind beautiful or toxic?
The beautiful mind is focused on "individual needs" [see photo]. The toxic mind is focused on "collective wants". Today my goal is to...
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 25, 20191 min read
Everything you want - not what you need
These three Springbok Antelopes have everything they want - food, water, health, and so on [see photo]. They are like most folk today....
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 24, 20191 min read
The Heron and the Fish...
The Grey Heron is your environment - the Fish is You. One great myth of our times is that "change comes from the inside out". Ha, ha,...
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 23, 20191 min read
Are you a fraud?
Your notion of YOU is highly fungible. This is why so many of YOU are defined by the HR unit at your workplace not your individual needs....
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 22, 20191 min read
Do you suffer from mental obesity?
Mental obesity is the topic explored in a TEDx talk by David Ryan Polgar. See https://lnkd.in/gDHPAYF David is fun to listen BUT the...
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 19, 20191 min read
Alexa - "what lies ahead of us?"
Ask Alexa "what lies ahead of us?" The answer you get will surely be interesting but will it be helpful? I asked myself that question...
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 18, 20191 min read
You are a success....
There are moments in your life [see photo] when everything around you makes sense. Those moments are rare for most folks. However....
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 17, 20191 min read
Is that voice inside your head a Monster?
Is the voice inside you a Monster [see photo]? Mine was. I thought it was cute - as is the little Monster in the photo - but it was...
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 16, 20191 min read
How do you cope with complexity?
Complexity is a given for most of the 7.7 billion alive today. And. Here is the surprise. Most people struggle to cope with the...
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 15, 20191 min read
Focus on your needs....
How does that tree survive [see photo] in such a barren environment? The environs around that tree are a great example of 'sameness'....
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 14, 20191 min read
Life is transmogrifying.
The world as you know it [see photo] is melting before your eyes. The C20th notions of family, job, income, savings, credit, mortgage,...
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 11, 20191 min read
A disciplined mind
Each person [in a team] MUST be disciplined. What they do well comes from the discipline they apply to the task at hand. I like to think...
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 11, 20191 min read
How fit is your mind?
Men and women the world over are working hard on their physical fitness [see photo]. My mission is to work on the fitness of their minds....
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 9, 20191 min read
Who gets direct access to your mind?
Your mind can be expansive or constrained. The truth is you get to choose which type of mind you live with. If you choose a 'constrained...
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 7, 20191 min read
What software runs inside your head....
Most folks spend inordinate amounts of time choosing songs, games, videos, and applications to run content into their heads. Few spend...
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Richard Lipscombe
Jul 6, 20191 min read
The indelible curse of sameness.
This collection of inert pebbles is stunningly beautiful [see photo]. Yet. Each has the potential - in the hand of the right kid - to...
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