Conversations
“I have already outgrown everything I have ever written.” ~ Lola Olufemi in Experiments in Imagining Otherwise
This resonates deeply with me and my writing, my speaking too.
There’s an Irish (my heritage) saying that goes, “how do I know what I think until I hear what I say?”
The idea of endlessly becoming with our contexts is central to my work. Nothing here is intended to be complete or correct.
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Anti-oppressive business practices including equitable pricing & inclusive cultures / How to pursue a satisfying life without bypassing the realities of the poly-crisis / Identifying & experimenting with making your contributions to the collective / Reclaiming the imagination for liveable, liberated futures / The complex, transcontextual nature of our lives/ Relational dynamics like conflict, care & collaboration/ Recovery from wounding experiences of neoliberal wellness & personal development spaces
I Don’t Want To “Increase My Impact”
I want to tend.
I want to meet.
I want to accompany.
I want to collaborate.
I want to partner.
I want to reveal.
I want to layer perceptions.
I want to relate.
What is it Possible to Imagine in These Conditions?
Where is the space for chaos in your thinking, feeling and being? Or how might the tyranny of 'order' be smothering your experience of this organic, dynamic life?
Is Using AI in Business a Feminist Act?
There's something I used to do a lot that I try not to do much anymore- arguing about whether or not something is feminist. A business practice, a consumer habit, a piece of language... I realised somewhere along the way that the gulf between what I mean when I say feminist vs what some others mean is SO ENORMOUS that there's no scaffolding for the debate.
What is it Possible to Communicate?
Our most generative conversations are surely those that increase intimacy, that tend to that relational space between us. But this is high risk.
I believe that building tolerance for this is key to creating the conditions from which our shared liveable futures could emerge. We've been devastatingly de-skilled in relation inside these systems. Just as the soil of the Earth has been stripped by extractive systems, the terrain of relation is largely depleted.
How do we tend that terrain? How will we compost together?
“We collectively bear responsibility for the way we shape one another”
I loved giving this interview with The Better Normal where we explored intersectionality, context and complexity in coaching. Read the whole thing here.