by Lucy Shenouda | May 7, 2018 | Change, Courage, Curiousity, Uncategorised
I am halfway to somewhere. I wake up disoriented, forgetting for a moment where I am. I feel a deep quiet within, a serene feeling brought on by the early sounds of nature and the rustic cosy cabin-like decor. The inner fog slowly clears. I am in a tranquil place. I... 
by Lucy Shenouda | Oct 7, 2017 | Courage, Curiousity, Leadership
The visionaries who raise the bar in their chosen fields are leadership ‘greats’ walking converging paths marked with persistence and resolve. As they do new things, they win, they fail, they learn, they win again, fail again and continue on their journey resilient to... 
by Lucy Shenouda | Jul 7, 2017 | Curiousity, Effective Teams
I want to experience camaraderie. I want to inspire camaraderie. I walk into the boardroom, presentation in hand, excited to begin. I look around at expectant faces and feel an onslaught of mixed emotions. I am about to present my topic ‘camaraderie’, a... 
by Lucy Shenouda | Apr 6, 2017 | Attitude, Change Leadership, Curiousity, Uncategorised
Leading a team through change. It’s an imperfect practice. For some, imperfection is a challenge and a fact of life. For others, the concept of imperfection is uncomfortable, avoided at all costs. There are costs to holding out for perfection. Leading a team through... 
by Lucy Shenouda | Jan 12, 2017 | Courage, Creativity, Curiousity, Perfection
The path to creativity unfolds in various ways over a lifetime of experiences, flaws et all. In Part 2 of this series, I write about the risks of creativity – how being a hostage to certainty disrupts creativity. I have learned that with creative... 
by Lucy Shenouda | Jan 1, 2017 | Courage, Creativity, Curiousity
The quest for creativity is a lifelong learning process, risks and all. The sheer potential for creativity, in my view, is immense no matter the discomfort in the pursuit. I now lean in on what I learned as a child – to pursue creativity with a bucket load of...
