Geoff McDonald

What Designers Notice with Philippe Guichard

What do designers notice that other people miss? When Industrial Designer Philippe Guichard walks into a room, he isn't looking…

2 months ago

Your Experience Has a Use-By Date with Mark Molony

A few days after my first conversation with mindfulness teacher Mark Molony, he contacted me with a simple message: “I’ve had…

2 months ago

Experience is Just a Memory with Mark Molony

We often talk about learning from experience. But what if experience isn't what we think it is? In this excerpt from…

2 months ago

What if Your Experience is Outdated With Mark Molony

You've spent years building your experience. But what if some of it is quietly becoming less useful? In this excerpt from…

3 months ago

On Experience – Why This Conversation Exists

For most of my career, I’ve been wrestling with the same question: How do you turn what you know into…

3 months ago

When Experience Works Against You with Mark Molony

When Mark Molony walked into his first day as a social worker, he thought his training had prepared him for…

3 months ago

Why Talking About Your Expertise Isn’t Enough

When you’ve spent years building experience, and you get to the point where working harder isn’t changing anything, you start…

3 months ago

Experience and the Space Before Reaction with Mark Molony

In this On Experience conversation, I speak with mindfulness teacher Mark Molony about experience, judgement, awareness, and the subtle ways…

3 months ago

Why Working Harder Isn’t Working

If you’ve spent years building experience, you may have been in this situation. You're putting in the effort, you're doing…

4 months ago

Why Experience Can Stop You Seeing Clearly Michael Henderson

Recently, I recorded a conversation with Michael Henderson from Cultures At Work. Michael is a corporate anthropologist who has spent…

4 months ago