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Tim Drake

The closing down of opportunities is causing a semi paralysis in our thinking.

The need for mental agility has been changed and accelerated for all of us by the impact of Covid.

2 min readNov 3, 2020

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The closing down of opportunities is causing a semi paralysis in our thinking.

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Tim Drake

The furlough scheme fails on fairness, compassion and kindness

Hats off to the Chancellor for the Furlough scheme. It is well intentioned. It has, and will, alleviate much suffering.

2 min readJul 13, 2020

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The furlough scheme fails on fairness, compassion and kindness

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Tim Drake

Agility and Resilience — more than business buzzwords

In today’s fast-moving and uncertain world we all need resilience, but also agility.

2 min readJun 23, 2020

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Agility and Resilience — more than business buzzwords

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Tim Drake

Guilt Distancing: a key part of the government’s Covid19 strategy

It appears that Guilt Distancing is as important as Personal Distancing in the government’s own coping mechanisms for the current pandemic.

2 min readJun 15, 2020

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Guilt Distancing: a key part of the government’s Covid19 strategy

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Tim Drake

The Cummings Defence. Situational Ethics writ large.

Situational ethics began as something well intentioned. Writing in the 1960s, Joseph Fletcher was an American theologian who claimed that…

1 min readJun 8, 2020

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The Cummings Defence. Situational Ethics writ large.

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Tim Drake

Am I right in thinking this?

All our own beliefs are obviously the right ones. They’re ours, so they must be.

3 min readMay 22, 2020

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Am I right in thinking this?

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Tim Drake

The Gap between Stimulus and Response

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and…

2 min readMay 13, 2020

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The Gap between Stimulus and Response

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Tim Drake

“Daddy, you can’t be mummy’s husband.”

My grandson is just three and absorbing new words like a sponge. My son-in law was explaining two new words to him — “husband” and “wife”…

2 min readMay 6, 2020

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“Daddy, you can’t be mummy’s husband.”

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Tim Drake

Taxing our lives with forethought of grief

The insightful concept of the human capacity for pre-imagining grief comes from the rightly famous poem by the American poet, Wendell…

2 min readMay 6, 2020

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Taxing our lives with forethought of grief

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Tim Drake

Agile thinking in the 16th century

We live in a time of great anxiety, and great challenges. Covid19 has thrown much of our lives into turmoil. While many of us are facing…

3 min readApr 11, 2020

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Agile thinking in the 16th century

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Tim Drake

Tim Drake

Co-founder of businesses & think tanks. A keynote speaker on motivation & unlocking potential. New book, Do Agile, launched this Summer. www.timdrake.co.uk

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