Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies What Even Is the Truth? I’ve been ruminating about the truth again. Ok, ok I know that might not be the most productive use of my time but that’s the price you pay if you have a deranged mind. Not “your truth” or “my truth” or evenContinue reading “Ruminations on Truth, Reality and Other Carefully Managed Illusions”
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Ruminations on Bubbles, Xenophobia, and Pig Wrestling
Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies Bubble Life, Then and Now Nerine, my wife, has often accused me of living in a bubble, detached from the perspectives of other people in the real world. When I was in the corporate world, I went from my air-conditioned office to an air-conditioned car to anContinue reading “Ruminations on Bubbles, Xenophobia, and Pig Wrestling”
Ruminations on financial advisors
Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies As you know, I’m 64 and, surprisingly, Nerine still feeds me, though it’s debatable whether she still needs me. Next year, I hit my “sell-by” date, and formal full-time employment ends. Retirement looms. Polite people don’t talk about money. Ask how their investments are managed or howContinue reading “Ruminations on financial advisors”
Ruminations on the Art of Blaffle: Political Performance in the Age of Waffcrastination
Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies Forgive me, groupies, it has been three weeks since my last bloviation. As you know, I like fancy words to make me look clever and if you don’t know them, to make you feel inferior. Let’s begin today’s sermon with one of my favourite words. What IsContinue reading “Ruminations on the Art of Blaffle: Political Performance in the Age of Waffcrastination”
Ruminations on loyalty
Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies What is loyalty? Is it important? What am I loyal to? What are you loyal to? Loyalty: A Working Definition Let’s define it as a deep sense of allegiance or faithfulness to someone or something, like a person, group, cause, or belief. It usually involves support, trust,Continue reading “Ruminations on loyalty”
Ruminations on my career
Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies Yes, this blog is often self-indulgent, and today will be no exception. I recently turned 64, and quite astonishingly, my wife still loves me. With less than a year to go until mandatory retirement, I’ve hit an important milestone: I no longer care about career advancement. I’veContinue reading “Ruminations on my career”
Ruminations on the unravelling of coherence
Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies What does it mean to be coherent, and does it still matter? Coherence is the alignment of thought, speech, and action—a consistency of principle over time. Paired with articulate expression, it becomes clarity of voice. In our age of noise and narrative drift, speaking clearly from aContinue reading “Ruminations on the unravelling of coherence”
Access Denied: Ruminations on Gates, Status, and the Global Belonging Game
Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies, Let me level with you. I’m writing this from inside a paradox—privileged enough to live in a secure suburb with high walls and patrolled by armed guards. Sometimes I’m even able to skip a queue or two when it suits me. But also: extensively vetted for visas.Continue reading “Access Denied: Ruminations on Gates, Status, and the Global Belonging Game”
Celebrating Oliver: A Tribute to My Eldest Son Upon His Graduation
Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies, Oliver didn’t have a 21st birthday party like his younger brother, Connor—Covid-19 put paid to that. So instead, we’re celebrating with a graduation party. I never planned to have children, but when I married Nerine, she began making the critical decisions in our lives. Without her, thereContinue reading “Celebrating Oliver: A Tribute to My Eldest Son Upon His Graduation”
Ruminations on being a grinch and aspirational gas forecasts
Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies, I spent a large part of my corporate career in the strategy department because I thought I knew a thing or two about strategy—and perhaps more worryingly, management agreed and hired me. Let’s start with a concept beloved by visionary strategists: the Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG).Continue reading “Ruminations on being a grinch and aspirational gas forecasts”
Ruminant Pink Friday 