Feeling for the "Click"

Many years ago, I was living and working in the mountains of Cyprus, and in my old office was an old safe to keep secure what needed to be kept secure. It was a thing of beauty and would, I’m sure, have made a good film prop. Over its many years of service, it had developed “character” – you had to treat it gently, fiddle with it through the five directional turns needed to align the tumblers and feel for the “click’ as much as rely on the combination. It was art as much as process.

As we deal with Omicron, dysfunctional politics, the realities of CoP26, identifying ways forward feels similar. Getting to the “click” of insight is a matter of sensing our way towards it.

Often I find, the answers we’re looking for are not where we thought we left them. Case studies, “tried and tested solutions,” and expensively acquired knowledge and seniority often lend more confusion than clarity. The infrastructure that goes with scale means we move more slowly than the changes going on require and I’m…