Enabling senior design professionals to be more influential within their organisations. ✨ Author of this human and design character, published by BIS Publishers.📚
🐍 As we slither in to 2025...
As you may know, this is the year of the Snake. This ancient creature has much to offer us. Here are some key themes to consider. 1. Strategic Growth & Transformation A year for thoughtful transformation, favouring calculated 2. Creativity Meets Strategy A powerful time for innovation and long-term planning, ideal 3. Diplomacy & Charisma Enhanced eloquence and adaptability make this a favourable 4. Deep Thinking & Self-Discovery Supports introspection and intellectual exploration, 5. Caution Against Overthinking & ManipulationBalance intuition with action to avoid excessive secrecy or Whether you buy into Chinese astrology or not, these are some juicy themes to consider. Which of the above resonates with you? It's also a good year to shed some skin.We're making some changes at this human. Here's what's ahead:
So stay tuned, and remember... YOU’VE GOT THIS!!!Love,
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This Human by Melis Senova
Enabling senior design professionals to be more influential within their organisations. ✨ Author of this human and design character, published by BIS Publishers.📚
"When we honour an ending, the connection deepens, even as it dissolves." Endings are everywhere right now. This past fortnight, I (Ben) have moved through many; the completion of my master’s degree, the close of a group process I co-facilitated, the final moments of a retreat, and the end of the calendar year itself. Each one held an invitation: Be here for this. In this week’s article, I reflect on the power of endings and what happens when we actually give them our presence. Because when...
"What am I wanting from this relationship that I’m not getting...and is this the place to be getting it?" Sometimes, the tension in a work relationship isn’t about the work at all. It’s about the roles we’re unconsciously playing. In this week’s article, Ben reflects on a powerful framework he encountered in a workshop with Dirk Appel (Essence in Process). It explores how we sometimes bring the dynamics of other relationships...parent/child, friendship, even romantic partnership...into...
"Repair doesn’t require grand gestures. It just requires someone to go first." Ruptures in relationships are inevitable. But repair? That’s a choice. In this week’s article, Ben reflects on a recent moment where he initiated repair with someone he’d felt hurt by. It wasn’t easy, but it was worth it. We walked, we talked, we owned our parts. And by the end, something had lifted: the tension, the story, the distance. Repair isn’t about blame or being right. It’s about willingness. The...