Hello, dear readers! 
I was on holiday for five days, and will go on holiday in ten, so the podcast editing is piling up! 

But I wanted to touch base with you before I go, share some small adventures, and wish you the best for the next two weeks. 
 
Pilar Orti

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I had a great podcast recording day this month. Early morning I recorded with Richard for My Pocket Psych, which is always an "easy gig" because he drives the episode. He has a set of notes with all the main points he's going to cover. This is useful because it means I can time my interjections. For example, we aim for the episodes to come in under 30 minutes, so if around minute 26 I come up with a contribution that might take about 2 minutes to cover, I can judge whether it's worth interjecting or not. 

An hour later I recorded with Lisette, my first ever co-host, for Adventures in Podcasting. It took me back to the days when we were making everything up as we went along, and felt ok about it. (I still make everything up as I go along, but have more of a guilty feeling about it sometimes...)

That afternoon I recorded with Wayne Turmel, who's a consultant/trainer who's been in the field of remote work for a very long time now. He's a very funny guy, and on top of that, he knows his stuff. So it was very satisfying to get his views on the whole "returning to the office" scenario, as well as other aspects of team and organisational culture. 

And that's why I love podcasting. 

Management Café is 50 episodes old!!! 
Tim and I celebrated with an episode about celebrating. 

It's odd, because the show has gone through so many iterations that it feels it's on episode 25, which is more or less the number I've done with Tim. 
But still...

A special thanks to Anish for being the special guest to the show! You can find the episode where he talks about applying lean thinking to business here: https://managementcafepodcast....

I'm reading Julia Cameron's Walking in the World. 

I enjoyed the book she's best known for, The Artist's Way, but it didn't really speak to me, as it was mainly about overcoming the blocks to creating art. (And I rarely get blocked, just distracted or change my mind, which I suppose could be seen as a kind of block...)

However, I am truly inspired by Walking in the World, as it's helping me to understand why I am turning to art more and more, instead of non-fiction.

Art allows me to go deeper into what I want to share, without having to put it into words literally. Through art I can go deeper into my thoughts, or, at least, give the opportunities for others to project their own.

Here are some quotes from the book:

"All art is an attempt to map the territory of the heart."

"Of necessity, artists report dangers we might wish to ignore."
(And, I would add, they do it in abstract ways as is my case.)

And finally, she quotes Robert Bresson, French Film Director (I had to look him up):

"Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen."

A couple of newsletters ago, I inadvertently created the first scene in a story. (If you don't remember, you can check it out here.)
Here's the second scene.

Recorded:

4 x Management Café

1 x My Pocket Psych

3 x 21st Century Work Life

1 x Adventures in Podcasting 

5 x Gastronostalgia 

Episodes released I host/co-host:

21st Century Work Life:
WLP 323 Grow Your Company through Growing Your People

Adventures in Podcasting:
Ep 36 Adventures in writing a book from a podcast and staying rooted in reality with Lisette Sutherland

Management Café:
#48 Developing your leadership style 

#49 Manager burnout 
#50 Celebrating big or small

My Pocket Psych:
Ep 129: Change for 2023 – it’s not too late!
Ep 131: Busting some coaching myths!