Tag: leadership
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Community Sensei
The people who have gone before Someone who has gone before In Karate, a Sensei isn’t simply a teacher. It doesn’t just mean instructor or coach. It literally translates as: someone who has gone before. Someone who has walked the path ahead of you. Someone who can help you navigate the learning.The doing.The journey. It’s…
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The Map of a Child’s Town
Sometimes the best way to understand a place is simply to walk it. No surveys.No clipboards.No presentations. Just a group of young people and a simple question: What do you notice? When a school decides to listen One thing that has really stood out recently is how seriously Eskdale Academy have embraced gathering insight from…
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The Bar Has to Be Higher
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about standards. In sport.In governance.In place. Different arenas.Same principle. A referee can’t be half impartial. You either are or you aren’t. There’s no middle ground. Leadership’s the same. The moment a referee bends the rules for convenience, the whole thing unravels. Athletes notice.Coaches notice.Spectators notice. Trust goes. And once…
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Small Things Done Well
Notes from the unglamorous side of getting stuff done. I can’t remember exactly when it clicked. It was one of those slightly tongue-in-cheek realisations you have halfway through a conversation. I kept finding myself drawn to the same type of people. Different jobs.Different industries.Different personalities. But the same trait. They’re the ones who make things…
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Bushidō for Place Leaders
What karate taught me about leadership, place, and the quiet work of stewardship I’ve been involved in karate since I was five years old. I won’t say how many years that is — because then you’ll realise how old I am. Most of my family are involved, or have been involved too. I’ve researched martial…
Northern Ambiguity 