Practical Acts

Sharing a passion for increasing the positive, transformational, impact of business and sport. #design #innovation #culture

Welcome to Practical Acts

Are you like me and love solving complex problems and building great teams? To do so I believe need to be: continually learning new things; testing old ideas; looking for diverse talent who are infinite learners; and spending lots of time helping teams learn. I hope these posts are helpful, and do get in touch!

Adapt and Thrive

March 28, 2020

Originally posted on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/adapt-thrive-stuart-mills/ One of the most powerful callouts we developed in our team last year was “let’s take a breath”. We would say this – when conversations were going around in circles or becoming unproductive – so that we would all get back to context and focused. Never in a million years did we … More Adapt and Thrive

Creativity and Fear

January 12, 2020

A recurring theme in my life and work is how can we be more innovative and more secure? The huge challenges and opportunities of our world today need us to be creative but also to manage our fears. Often we treat Creativity and Fear as mutually exclusive: “I love that picture son, now let’s get those … More Creativity and Fear

Learning for tomorrow

December 22, 2019

I love solving complex problems and building great teams. To do so I need to be: continually learning new things; testing my old ideas; looking for diverse talent who are infinite learners; and spending lots of time helping the teams I work with learn. Salesforce’s own research is suggesting the pace of change in The … More Learning for tomorrow