I heard the loveliest thing from a fellow student on my doctoral cohort. She was describing her relationship with her husband. She said that they were very different people, and this was quite challenging at times. Her husband being very logical and methodical, while she thought in non-linear and esoteric ways. We make it work because, “we love each other dearly”, she said. He once said to me, “even though we don’t see eye to eye on many things, I love talking to you, because when you open your mouth, butterflies come out”.
I was so struck by this loving and appreciative exchange that I decided to dedicate this photograph to them. It’s also my tribute to all systemic thinkers.
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I am a ‘People Practitioner’ who has, over the years, been swept up by the tidal wave of change that has seen my profession go from being called Manpower Management to Personnel Management to Human Resource Management, and now back, well sort of… to Systemic People Management. I came up with the last phrase because I find myself increasingly uncomfortable with working within the confines of the ubiquitous neo-liberal approach to categorising and organising people. I believe that people are people, not merely assets, human capital or resources. While we do find fulfilment from PRODUCTivity, we are ultimately human beings, not human doings. I would like to transcend who we have become and becoming in a marketized, monetarised world and leave the corporatist worldview that reminds me so much of the allegory of Plato’s Cave.
I love God, my family, playing guitar, following Arsenal, travelling and taking and editing photos. This website is a celebration of all these things and more.
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I heard the loveliest thing from a fellow student on my doctoral cohort. She was describing her relationship with her husband. She said that they were very different people, and this was quite challenging at times. Her husband being very logical and methodical, while she thought in non-linear and esoteric ways. We make it work because, “we love each other dearly”, she said. He once said to me, “even though we don’t see eye to eye on many things, I love talking to you, because when you open your mouth, butterflies come out”.
