In The Business of Healthy Masculinity

Hi there, May I ask, if you get some value from this conversation or the insights shared within, please kindly give this substack a share within your networks so we can reach more people, and consider giving myself and Colin a follow on LinkedIn - thank you. We have finally arrived at the start of this new podcast/videocast platform, In The Business of Healthy Masculinity. My public thanks to the...

I woke up this morning to the tragic news that 9,000 jobs will be cut at pharma giant Novo Nordisk, over 10% of their global workplace. I could not ignore reviewing and analysing this decision in a video/podcast a) because I work in the global pharma supply chain, including supplying raw materials to Novo and b) because I know that money is not an issue in pharma, so it is a helpful case study to...

Being On The Edge. I have always felt called towards the coast. Partly the expanse of view, partly the sound of the sea, and more recently, I realise it also represents being on the edge. Far away from the in-groups. Far away from career development. Far away from care. Working within a Euro 5bn turnover corporation that works in the centre of the most extractive aspects of our global supply chain...

Hi there, I am trying something different - 60 second or so short videos of insight in the hope this serves you, and helps feed our collective curiosity, which are also repurposed onto the podcast too. This reflection was filmed/taken at Southbourne beach on the south of the UK, hence you can hear the gorgeous sea lapping the sand. If this message piques your interest and you'd like to connect, my...

Hi you, I hope that you are doing and being as well as possible at this time? A kind request - would you please share this update/blog on your socials channels, especially LinkedIn, if you have it? In recent months I have deleted my Instagram and Twitter apps/accounts as a route to reducing the distractions in my life, and it looks like LinkedIn is trying to do the same to/for me! What is your rel...

Hi there, A really beautiful conversation happened recently which modelled, I feel, how we can tackle the thorniest issues of our times, without being pulled into binary, ideological divisions. Listening. Care. Curiosity. Connection. I have not always been great at holding all four of these elements together, especially in more heated scenarios, but to meaningfully embed change that works for all,...

As we near the end of 2024, I wanted to share something deeply personal with you. I am going clubbing for the first time in a long time this Saturday 14th Dec 2024!! #NoJoke :) You may or may not know that my deepest happy place is being in a big open room with hundreds of people, most of them strangers, absolutely letting their inhibitions, thinking, and stories about who they ‘should’ be go. * H...

Possible Futures next cohort of the course opens for registration in October 2024 as I post this podcast https://possiblefutures.earth/decsust Check out https://www.radicality.co.uk/ to learn more about this ecosystem of transformative services. Get full access to In The Business of Healthy Masculinity at inbusinessofhealthymasculinity.substack.com/subscribe

I wrote the majority of the below update a few days ago (9th May 2024). On 10th May I met with a local school in my area for only the 2nd time, yet between we have so many ideas how to collaborate which interesting crosses all of my becoming intersections of international sales, people and culture, equity and inclusion, and sustainability. My wife Jackie has said for years I should have been a tea...

Hello and good morning, I am not sure what happened last night/this morning but I woke up, bolt upright at 0430am exactly after what felt like hours of information download. One of the most bizarre experiences of my life so far! It was literally like I was plugged in and there were thoughts and energies around work, systems, home life etc None of it good or bad, just data. So weird! I share this a...

It taken me some time to get to this point, but I do feel I am at the point where it is helpful for me to share more about how I see the world based on my past 47 years on the planet, and most importantly the past 3.5 years of current and ongoing, journey of decolonisation. You see, as of 10 years ago, I was very much 0.5X version of Garry. All that early years conditioning, my Western education,...

In just the past few days I have witnessed and observed, first-hand, the ugly underbelly of our collapsing Western systems, especially politically, and in terms of extractive capitalism. I wrote recently about embodied responses - part 1 and I have a part 2 about to be published, but before then, I had to share these reflections with you. I will narrate an excerpt from the amazing B Lorraine Smith...

Three key reflections and insights that I took away from meeting a dear, newish friend one recent afternoon (you know who you are): 1) "The system is too big to have agency" As we caught up, processing the extreme state of the world currently, and the role that ongoing division, oppression and it has to be said capitalism 'as-is', has as part of that, we found ourselves exploring the above reflect...

Yesterday was a good day! The range, depth and breadth of conversations and interactions I was involved in included: * Asking the Possible Futures crew if they would allow me to join the next Intro To Decolonial Sustainability course as a full expeditioner / journeyer * Agreeing with my line manager that it was time to imagine our team culture from a blank slate again (which includes the opportuni...

To aid accessibility and inclusivity of my content, I shall be narrating all of my content going forward. I will add a link to the audio version to each blog and additionally, I shall include the full text on each podcast, as below. Subscribers will only receive one email going forward with the original writing plus a link to the audio, however this audio can also be found on substack, Apple podca...

Today, Saturday 5th August 2023, I record an intuitive podcast episode following my first session with my new communications coach, Elzet Blaauw . I didn’t realise that I was looking for a communications coach, but what I did know is that I have had ‘translation’ issues for a long time. Indeed, my good friend Jo Hompstead and I have spoken about this very topic, often, as we have sought to communi...

This podcast is mainly narration of a blog that I wrote after the May 4th 2023 UK local elections , layered with further insight as we see workplace and political narratives worsen with regards to their binary nature, shutting down possibility and imagination. This podcast episode is offered as a reflective, slowed down, constructively challenging space to try and open up our thinking and curiosit...

Hospicing Extractivism within Ourselves and Industry is focused on inviting curiosity, community and remembering of our agency, power and voice at a time of societal, environmental and workplace collapse. We are the seeds of the future. This live-stream starts to review and look at some of the most common fears that I come across within the extractive industries and indeed have experienced myself,...

This podcast is a re-purposing of a 42 minute solo live-stream that took place at 0800am EST / 1300pm UK / 1400pm CET / 1730pm Indian time on Thursday 27th July 2023 and is an exploration of a piece of hand-drawn art that I, Garry Turner, created during July 2023 called 'In A Liminal Space Between Worlds.' It is now available on both Apple Podcasts and on Spotify if you are curious to listen and p...

Shall we connect? My name is Garry Turner and I am a Possibility Expander, disrupting extractive thinking and industries whilst working at the intersection of international sales, people and culture, equity & inclusion and sustainability: * International business development and authentic relationship building human working within and across a Euro 3bn + corporation   * International speaker on to...

Shall we connect? My name is Garry Turner and I am a Possibility Expander, disrupting extractive thinking and industries whilst working at the intersection of international sales, people and culture, equity & inclusion and sustainability: * International business development and authentic relationship building human working within and across a Euro 3bn + corporation   * International speaker on to...