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I listen so you can hear yourself think
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1:1 bespoke #leadership & executive #coaching: crafting questions to catalyse insights.
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1:1 bespoke #leadership & executive #coaching: crafting questions to catalyse insights.
More random @aineokeeffe.bsky.social
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“Answers do not matter so much as questions, said the Good Fairy. A good question is very hard to answer. The better the question the harder the answer. There is no answer at all to a very good question.”
― Flann O'Brien, At Swim-Two-Birds
― Flann O'Brien, At Swim-Two-Birds
@3dclaire.bsky.social one for you, given your ear for the cadences of expression? 😊 Áine
The expressive speed vs information 'bit rate' of spoken languages.
French and Vietnamese have the highest information density.
via The Economist
www.economist.com/graphic-detail
French and Vietnamese have the highest information density.
via The Economist
www.economist.com/graphic-detail
April 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@3dclaire.bsky.social one for you, given your ear for the cadences of expression? 😊 Áine
On Tyranny by @timothysnyder.bsky.social presents a powerful challenge to us all to reimagine the world and the part each of us can play in creating it. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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April 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
On Tyranny by @timothysnyder.bsky.social presents a powerful challenge to us all to reimagine the world and the part each of us can play in creating it. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
If I think long and hard enough about this I will probably get a really helpful insight into some of the learning I’m doing on team coaching at the moment. And possibly about myself…
#TeamCoaching #coaching
#TeamCoaching #coaching
Adding a third celestial body to a gravitational system makes things wildly chaotic and unpredictable. Hence the 'Three Body Problem'. Some beautiful examples of periodic 3-body systems:
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March 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If I think long and hard enough about this I will probably get a really helpful insight into some of the learning I’m doing on team coaching at the moment. And possibly about myself…
#TeamCoaching #coaching
#TeamCoaching #coaching
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Listening, really listening, means being prepared to see and hear things based on other's experiences, from other perspectives, that may challenge our preconceptions, maybe even disturb our sense of identity. That's what can make it feel so uncomfortable. And so very important.
March 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Listening, really listening, means being prepared to see and hear things based on other's experiences, from other perspectives, that may challenge our preconceptions, maybe even disturb our sense of identity. That's what can make it feel so uncomfortable. And so very important.
This piece caught my eye - and my heart - as my work often takes me into the terrain of ‘purpose’. An exploration of ‘purpose anxiety’: “fixated on the future and what our impact should be, at the cost of being present in this very moment.”
#leadership #coaching
open.substack.com/pub/sineadco...
#leadership #coaching
open.substack.com/pub/sineadco...
How Elizabeth Gilbert made me rethink our obsession with purpose
And why seeking a purposeful life might be distracting us from what really matters
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March 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
This piece caught my eye - and my heart - as my work often takes me into the terrain of ‘purpose’. An exploration of ‘purpose anxiety’: “fixated on the future and what our impact should be, at the cost of being present in this very moment.”
#leadership #coaching
open.substack.com/pub/sineadco...
#leadership #coaching
open.substack.com/pub/sineadco...
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Ireland has lost one of its greatest voices in the passing of the poet Michael Longley.
This beautiful handwritten copy of his poem, Ceasefire, hung on the walls of Mediation NI when I was a board member, offering a powerful focus for the work of peace building and reconciliation.
This beautiful handwritten copy of his poem, Ceasefire, hung on the walls of Mediation NI when I was a board member, offering a powerful focus for the work of peace building and reconciliation.
January 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Ireland has lost one of its greatest voices in the passing of the poet Michael Longley.
This beautiful handwritten copy of his poem, Ceasefire, hung on the walls of Mediation NI when I was a board member, offering a powerful focus for the work of peace building and reconciliation.
This beautiful handwritten copy of his poem, Ceasefire, hung on the walls of Mediation NI when I was a board member, offering a powerful focus for the work of peace building and reconciliation.
First bud of a new year spotted as I let the old year out of the house and invite the new in.
January 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
First bud of a new year spotted as I let the old year out of the house and invite the new in.
I love discovering the ways words are used in different languages. Next time I settle myself to “attention” in a #coaching session, I’ll have a wider pool of verb-lenses to draw on, delightfully!
In Spanish, attention is something you "lend", because you kind of want it back. In French you "make" it, because it's not there if you don't. In English you "pay" it, because it's valuable. And in German you "gift" it, because it's really a present. I wish I knew all languages!
December 30, 2024 at 11:09 AM
I love discovering the ways words are used in different languages. Next time I settle myself to “attention” in a #coaching session, I’ll have a wider pool of verb-lenses to draw on, delightfully!
A long listen for this In-Between time - on the power of #listening
Áine O’Keeffe on LinkedIn: #listening
Something for the weekend? If you're interested in #listening, here are 3 hours of conversation about the power of listening in which to immerse yourself. I…
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December 29, 2024 at 11:13 AM
A long listen for this In-Between time - on the power of #listening
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Why #Trust, #Listening and Challenging #Assumptions will help you deliver a plan on time and on budget, unlike 99% of all projects.
Love the process Bilbao Guggenheim Museum Architect Frank Gehry follows from an idea to a finished building😊
hbr.org/2023/01/how-...
#SharedPower #TimeToThink
Love the process Bilbao Guggenheim Museum Architect Frank Gehry follows from an idea to a finished building😊
hbr.org/2023/01/how-...
#SharedPower #TimeToThink
December 10, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Why #Trust, #Listening and Challenging #Assumptions will help you deliver a plan on time and on budget, unlike 99% of all projects.
Love the process Bilbao Guggenheim Museum Architect Frank Gehry follows from an idea to a finished building😊
hbr.org/2023/01/how-...
#SharedPower #TimeToThink
Love the process Bilbao Guggenheim Museum Architect Frank Gehry follows from an idea to a finished building😊
hbr.org/2023/01/how-...
#SharedPower #TimeToThink
I’ve been at the #coaching ethics forum conference today and jotted down a few emergent thoughts www.linkedin.com/posts/%C3%A1...
Áine O’Keeffe on LinkedIn: "In conclusion, I would flip the switch to allow the trolley to kill one…
"In conclusion, I would flip the switch to allow the trolley to kill one person."
There's something quite bracing about taking a degree in philosophy. Ethics…
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December 5, 2024 at 8:44 PM
I’ve been at the #coaching ethics forum conference today and jotted down a few emergent thoughts www.linkedin.com/posts/%C3%A1...
“Answers do not matter so much as questions, said the Good Fairy. A good question is very hard to answer. The better the question the harder the answer. There is no answer at all to a very good question.”
― Flann O'Brien, At Swim-Two-Birds
― Flann O'Brien, At Swim-Two-Birds
November 28, 2024 at 9:57 AM
“Answers do not matter so much as questions, said the Good Fairy. A good question is very hard to answer. The better the question the harder the answer. There is no answer at all to a very good question.”
― Flann O'Brien, At Swim-Two-Birds
― Flann O'Brien, At Swim-Two-Birds