Natalie Shell's Blog

July 25th, 2007

I just saw this image and was reminded of something I wanted to blog about almost 2 years ago – “everyone can draw”

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If you ask a child if they can draw they will likely say ‘yes’ and grin. They will also likely go draw you something and expect you to see what it is and also how beautiful and wonderful it is. For them the question is likely almost strange – “of course, silly!” is also a plausible response.

And yet I’ve seen times when adults say they can...

“Irooa”

= “I-ran-out-of-acronyms”

Thanks to Josh Ratner for the find.

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 6th, 2005 at 12:13 pm and is filed under words. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

“Simplicity this side of complexity is worthless

Simplicty on the other side…priceless”

– Einstein

With thanks to Greg Blythe from HPfor the gift – and for bel...

Takea look at the people you respect most for their opinions, or the leaders you revere and I will hazard a guess that they are good storytellers.

LatelyI have been musing on stories often (as part of my commitment to studying the narrative this year)and thought I’d make sure I kept some of the ideas thus far.

Storytelling is an old, and I believe, reviving art. Onthe ’sudden’ rise in interest in the narrative/stories both in general and also, in business:...

I had a lot of good response to the last post ‘when I grow up’ (though please post comments as well as email:)…

With thanks to FastCompany check this section out– a great tool box of articles and perspectives on discovering purpose, branding you and more!

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 4th, 2005 at 4:29 am and is filed under change. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from you...

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” remains one of my favourite questions of all time. Especially useful to break the ice with people in their later stages in life.

I even started a book on this topic a few years ago. Then my computer crashed and thoughI still have the notes somewhere in hard copy,I havesince gone down the practical route,facilitatingconversations andworkshops where I work with people or teams toget clarity on what they want to do/be.Mos...

I just found a new website – TrekEarth.

I am always one for seeing things through different lens’ and perspectives.

The underlying theme of TrekEarth is “learning more about the world through photography.”

All the people posting appear to be travellers who love the earth – and sharing the new things they see through their cameras.

My favourite today Death Valley – after the Flood by a Danish Phd student Mikkel.

PS If you are looking for a great photo...

I am playing with the digital storytelling medium and also want to remind myself of the evolution of such a process. A story takes work and the pieces need to come together.

Below is a mini-digital poem that still needs its title inserted, audio tweaked and some better fades but it feels good enough to share and get feedback on. (Really must go invest in a mac…anyone want to gift me one?!).

Ok, will be quiet now – click below and enjoy the ride:

The fall colour wheel rus...

My friend popped this in an email to me this morning:

“For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.”

It made me smile. I do love technology but I am weary of it as a magic bullet. There is nothing, at least not yet, that beats being in face-face communication with people. As my social psychology lecturer cautioned: humans are groupies. Enjoy it!

While I have you: For thos...

November 23rd, 2007

I repeat:

You are not your resume!

Please repeat, out loud if necessary, like a mantra.

If you are not up for the whole spiel, You Can Find 7 Steps to Less Stressful Resume.doc Writing under Actions, below. Other people have written much nicer better things on how to be creative and not average. Here, here and here for instance. Sometimes, however, we find creative-not-average-jobs-which-require-standard-res...

November 23rd, 2007

I repeat:

You are not your resume!

Please repeat, out loud if necessary, like a mantra.

If you are not up for the whole spiel, You Can Find 7 Steps to Less Stressful Resume.doc Writing under Actions, below. Other people have written much nicer better things on how to be creative and not average. Here, here and here for instance. Sometimes, however, we find creative-not-average-jobs-which-require-standard-res...