Pics from Street Wisdom in Jaffa, Israel,
Street Wisdom run in Jaffa on 17th Sept 2014. Some snaps from the day.
Ian Ellison on his Beyond the Workplace Street Wisdom – 24 July 2014
I pretty much wrote this post on my way home from a fascinating afternoon in the glorious, baking heat of London. This Thursday was the first ‘official’ #BtWC activity to challenge and consider what the future of work could aspirationally be, hosted by @dds180, @ChrisKane55, @KateGL, @davidmicklem and @SimonHeath1. I was there with Bob Seddon […]
Adah Parris writes on the impact of her Street Wisdom
I’ve added the principles of Street Wisdom to my life and I’ve started to notice the serendipitous moments happening around me. I have been thinking about expressing myself creatively more in my life but struggled with how I could make it a reality. After having a mentoring session where I talked about my desire to […]
Street Wisdom features in The Sunday Times
When Street Wisdom was conceived, we realised very quickly that its success was only possible if those that participated shared their enthusiasm for it both by facilitating their own events and also by talking about it afterwards. We see Street Wisdom as a ‘movement’ and, as with any political or social movement, we need people […]
DIY Street Wisdom
David Pearl talks to Scott Morrison at the Crouch End Festival DP: Scott, you’ve initiated and led three of your own ‘DIY ‘Street Wisdoms in the last month. Impressive! What is it that so excites you about this venture? SM: Where do I start David? I summarise Street Wisdom as simple, soulful and life-changing – […]
Saturday 14th June 2014
I discovered a beautiful new word, “psithurism”, which means the sound of leaves rustling in the breeze. It was in the form of a tattoo on the collarbone of a smiley pink-haired waitress who kindly let me photograph her favourite word, now mine too.
More Street Wisdom from Trafalgar Square by John & Charlie
John Griffiths runs his research and planning consultancy Planning Above and Beyond. He also writes as the barefoot insighter for The Marketing Society blog and kindly told his Street Wisdom story there! He say’s ‘Street Wisdom is picking up on some established ideas. Firstly that of the flaneurs – the movement of French intellectuals who would reflect […]
Russell Boulter, 23rd of May
I re-found my energy.
Trafalgar Square, May 23rd 2014
Our BIG Street Wisdom event to mark the climax of “Wisdom Spring” was amazing. Huge thanks to Georgina and of course our generous, Street Wiz volunteers who guided the groups through their experience. A crowd of new-comers showed up as well as past ‘grads’ who were returning to go deeper and further. As usual there were […]
Nick Hammond, May23rd London
The Question I wanted an answer to – ‘How do I find the courage to do what I love, all of the time?‘ (or..increase the time I spend running Creative Thinking workshops, so that this becomes the thing that I do) As we began, we saw the start of the Walking for Homeless People – […]