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Wrestling with labyrinthitis

John Elkington · 13 August 2014 · Leave a Comment

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Woke this morning to find myself once again in the indelicate, disorientating embrace of labyrinthitis. Like being on some form of hallucinogen.

This time, though, instead of the world spinning around in line with my body, my head was spinning around, chin over forehead, like a wheel on an axle. A bit like being in a space capsule, spinning out of control.

Have had to cancel a meeting with a bank in Canary Wharf and am working away at home, partly on the latest phase of our Breakthrough Capitalism Program, partly on a new report on progress in Europe with Interface’s Mission Zero.

Discovered that labyrinthitis can come back, though typically (and hopefully) less severe second time around.

The body is a weird and wonderful thing, the ear almost more so. Amazing that we take these things for granted so much of the time.

Have always loved spirals – and rather look forward to this one sorting itself out.

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I began this blog with an entry reporting on a visit to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, on 30 September 2003. The blog element of the website has gone through several iterations since, with much of the older material still available.

Like so many things in my life, blog entries blur the boundaries between the personal and the professional. As explained on this site’s Home Page, the website and the blog are part platform for ongoing projects, part autobiography, and part accountability mechanism.

In addition, my blogs have appeared on many sites such as: Chinadialogue, CSRWire, Fast Company, GreenBiz, Guardian Sustainable Business, and the Harvard Business Review.

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