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Andrew J Calvert

Business Coach. Trainer. Consultant

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Once or twice a week I publish an idea, question, insight or reflection. Topics can be inspired by world events, coaching conversations, random thoughts after a workshop, anything!

The blog also features guest writers too - colleagues, connections and friends who have a point of view to share.

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Note to self...

Andrew J Calvert

Nov 142 min read

Note to self...

Journaling has been a part of my journey for a while now. And it has become one of the tools many of my coachees use on their journey....

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The Backwards Bicycle

Andrew J Calvert

Sep 261 min read

The Backwards Bicycle

Is a brilliant video that articulates an idea that it is really really really hard to unlearn something... The implications for leaders,...

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Missing the flight

Andrew J Calvert

Jul 112 min read

Missing the flight

I was going to miss my flight. Circumstances that January in a crowded Goa in Western India had led me to be in the wrong place at the...

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The Joy of firsts

Andrew J Calvert

Apr 111 min read

The Joy of firsts

A friend of mine - actually the oldest person I'm friends with - he's well into his 80s - is a retired pilot of a major airline. He first...

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The best things I learned in training

Andrew J Calvert

Jan 32 min read

The best things I learned in training

When I came to Singapore for the second time back in 2004, I landed a role with AchieveGlobal a training company who offered Sales,...

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People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

Andrew J Calvert

Dec 7, 20231 min read

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

Monarchy vs Republicanism Individualism or the collective Climate change programs or business as usual Growth or sustainability...

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Learning is social

Andrew J Calvert

Jul 27, 20231 min read

Learning is social

I signed up for a cohort based online course and this is one of the central tenets. Share your ideas, be open to being challenged, to...

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Brain writing

Andrew J Calvert

Jul 18, 20231 min read

Brain writing

I had a head of HR (my bosses boss) who hated the phrase brainstorming, another colleague used to speak of such sessions degenerating...

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The Idea Cabinet

Andrew J Calvert

Jul 11, 20231 min read

The Idea Cabinet

Every day we have dozens of ideas, from where to eat and who to call, to how to focus and the criteria we use to prioritize our task...

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Progress over Perfection

Andrew J Calvert

Mar 28, 20232 min read

Progress over Perfection

WE haVE TO get started somewhere and too often we want what eever we create to be perfect, to say what we wnat exacly as we want, and...

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Preparation

Andrew J Calvert

Feb 28, 20231 min read

Preparation

I recently was in Bali with my family, and one day my son and I had a massage. The appointment was booked for 3:15pm. So at about 2:55 I...

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Emotional Granularity

Andrew J Calvert

Feb 2, 20232 min read

Emotional Granularity

I've heard it said that as adults most of us are pretty poor at noticing our internal state and labeling it beyond just three emotional...

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A willingness to experiment?

Andrew J Calvert

Jan 19, 20231 min read

A willingness to experiment?

I recently was at an exhibition of Cezanne's paintings in London and in the collection were several depictions of Montagne...

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Happy Birthday Benoit B Mandelbrot

Andrew J Calvert

Nov 20, 20221 min read

Happy Birthday Benoit B Mandelbrot

Benoit B. Mandelbrot born this day in 1924 was a Polish-born French-American mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the...

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Longcuts beat shortcuts (how you get to where you are headed)

Andrew J Calvert

Nov 15, 20222 min read

Longcuts beat shortcuts (how you get to where you are headed)

A quick story A few years ago I met a retired British Army officer who had (almost) climbed Mount Everest. The tale he told was full of...

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Learning is Social (Recordings don’t work)

Andrew J Calvert

Nov 10, 20221 min read

Learning is Social (Recordings don’t work)

And for those of you not able to join live, we'll share the recording.... Learning is best when we learn with a group. In that group we...

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Since the pandemic started I...

Andrew J Calvert

Sep 29, 20221 min read

Since the pandemic started I...

am more grateful for the basics in life more readily shed tears make more calls to those I cherish tag more connections on social media...

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Walking up the down escalator

Andrew J Calvert

Sep 15, 20221 min read

Walking up the down escalator

When you finish your full time education and get your first job, you realize how much you need to learn. When you get your first...

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The problem with cheat codes

Andrew J Calvert

Aug 11, 20221 min read

The problem with cheat codes

My son was struggling with a difficult part of his game, whichever door he went through, he could progress no further. He tried the...

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The Inner Critic

Andrew J Calvert

Jul 19, 20222 min read

The Inner Critic

In my role both as a facilitator and a coach I lead a lot of debrief sessions, from dialog at the end of breakout / table groups to the...

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