A girls football team in Edinburgh won the prestigious Edinburgh Schools Cup. Their prize? A small plastic trophy. What did the boys get on the same day? A full-sized one…
When Size Actually Does Matter!
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“If we already knew everything we needed to know, how would we ever experience the joy of learning something new?”
~ Jim Sebastian Sharman
Recent Articles
When Work Becomes a True Blessing
What’s the collective noun for a group of world-class telco consultants? A calling! 🤣. Ten years ago, in Dec 2015, a brand new mobile network operation from Reliance Industries Limited in India…
When Gunter Pauli Talks New Economies, We Listen!
During Impact Day 2025, I had the privilege of once more meeting and hearing Gunter Pauli. In another mind-blowing presentation of his unique worldview, he added Oceans to his Blue Economy.
When You Just Need To Decide (Interview with Seth Godin)
Ahead of Impact Day 2025, I was invited to interview Seth Godin. He gave a wide-ranging and, at times, intimate account of his perceptions, worldview, and frank feelings about leadership, and change.
20,000 Days On Earth – From Zero To Now
Today I hit the “20,000 Days On Earth” milestone. Here’s my very personal reflection on Life Since Zero, with imagery, prose, and links to influential music at each stage.
When You Know What You Don’t Know – You Learn
Blind spots prevent us from learning, resulting in mistakes we wouldn’t make when in conscious learning space! Awareness is a great space to be in – that’s where our best learning happens.
When Your Values & High Standards Will Elevate Others’
Like any advice that invites you to raise the level of values, there are challenges to overcome. In this case, neither anticipating others’ expectations nor then exceeding them is easy…
When Change Can Become Your New Best Friend
Everything that happens to us affects what happens in us. Just because something “bad” might happen to us, it doesn’t have to result in us feeling “bad”. That’s a choice we make.
When You Take Responsibility For Leading
The team you lead is a reflection of you as their leader. There might be many factors mixed in, but you are the leader – and your personality is reflected by their responses.
“Jim led an area of the Learning & Development work stream for us on a large Telco start-up in India [Reliance Jio Infocomm]. Jim is an accomplished and skilled consultant who really understands the challenges of creating world-class training interventions in a complex customer contact centre environment. Jim has an extraordinary ability to create a real and sustainable team spirit. I would have no hesitation in recommending Jim or working with him again when the situation arises.”
“Jim gave me invaluable support in communication with the Network as a whole and also provided one-on-one coaching and counsel support personally and to other team members in stressful times, enabling shift and continued motivation. Jim displayed dedication to the World Cleanup Day movement from the moment we interacted. In fact, he even emigrated to Estonia to make as big an impact as possible!”
“I have worked with Jim in various guises over the last twenty years. I have always found him to be extremely conscientious with a meticulous eye for detail. He has worked for me as a training designer (of soft skills – his area of expertise) and a Management and Leadership coach and IMI Assessor. He is extremely knowledgeable about communication skills and exemplifies his knowledge through a very genuine approach to his clients and those he works with on projects.”
