During the conversations I have with Design Leaders, the question of how to manage difficult discussions comes up a lot.

These leaders find themselves managing many stakeholders and this often results in not satisfying someone, most of the time.

Although there is an individual need to make these discussions easier, I think there is an organisation benefit as well.

Handling difficult conversations well is a prerequisite to organisational change and adaptation.

November is always a very special month for me.

It is the halfway boundary of my year that allows time for reflection and gratitude.

For the last 15 years, I have been doing CAT scans of my lungs to check for tiny metastasis. Your lungs are very vascular organs, and if cancer is swimming around in your body, they typically show up here. The frequency has shifted, and the last few years are now every six months. November and June.