Spark to a Flame

There's been a distinct direction of travel in the national mood over the last couple of years. The dominant narrative has been around uncertainty, unfairness, and other negative sentiments. There's an good article in this weeks Economist that captures it. Our reality is not what's real, it's what we choose to see, and right now a lot of us seem to be looking through a glass darkly.

I've been writing in this blog about our inner spark recently, from the standpoint of individuals and organisations. We all have one - what psychologists would term our "essence" - the talents, drives and perspectives that make us uniquely who we are.

Understanding and connecting to the our spark looks likely to be ever more important in the coming months.

When times are good, when there is a greater degree of certainty, it is easy to neglect our spark in favour of easy pickings - the "low hanging fruit" beloved of strategists in search of short term performance. Easy pickings though come at a price. Just abo…