Writing Practice

Writing practice: Your Favourite Dish

Some dishes stay with us long after the plate is empty. This week’s Moving Pen is about the dish that means something to you.

We all have a dish that means more to us than others. It may not be the most sophisticated meal, or it may be something you would only order in a fancy restaurant. Whatever it is, it will give you a feeling loving that dish.

Food has a strange way of connecting us with our inner self and our memories. A smell can take you somewhere. A taste can bring back a person, a kitchen, a summer, a childhood. Sometimes a meal just becomes part of us.

The practice…

When Strategy Thinks Like the Problem

Using the thinking that created a problem to solve it is like using a historical cannon to defend yourself against a cyberattack. The weapon may have worked once. But it belongs to a different kind of problem and context.

Writing practice: The Movement We Love

Some movements mean more to us than others.

Collaborative Intelligence

In a world of artificial intelligence, the ability to think well together may become more important than ever.

Writing practice: The Scent of a Memory

Some memories arrive without warning. A familiar scent can take us back in an instant — to a person, a place, or a feeling we haven’t thought about in years. Perhaps scent remembers more than we realise.