Comments on: Structure, Sanity and the life of a Pirate Queen!

By: Living with a packrat | VisualsSpeak

Living with a packrat | VisualsSpeak — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:24:14 +0000

[...] Brooks teaches a metaphor shifting technique where you take something that bugs you and transform it into something you can work with. It has [...]

By: Origins of a Big Tent Brand (part 2) | The Circus Serene

Origins of a Big Tent Brand (part 2) | The Circus Serene — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:47:53 +0000

[...] other day, I told you about Havi’s Pirate Queen expeditions, how she lets a mouse provide metaphors for her business, and then I announced that I [...]

By: The Good & Bad of (business) Metaphors | The Circus Serene

The Good & Bad of (business) Metaphors | The Circus Serene — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:42:16 +0000

[...] best-known metaphor is the Pirate Ship used for her internal business structure, but if you search her site for the phrase “metaphor [...]

By: EdmontonPM’s Top Ten Pirate Booty on Project Management – Aargh! :pduOTD – PDU Of The Day

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:49:57 +0000

[...] 2009, Havi Brooks (@havi) adopted the pirate metaphor and rewrote the job descriptions of her team crew. Havi: the crazy but mostly lovable captain … aka The Pirate [...]

By: Fun Up Your Process | rockyourwriting

Fun Up Your Process | rockyourwriting — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:54:24 +0000

[...] revising? Use Havi Brooks’ Metaphor Mouse technique, and come up with a different slant on it. Same with collecting receipts for your [...]

By: I can’t stop time « The Social Caterpillar

I can’t stop time « The Social Caterpillar — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:21:12 +0000

[...] Works on a Pirate Ship [...]

By: Becoming a… choosing to… leaping… | Haloquin’s Studio

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:51:20 +0000

[...] Yep. Havi is a pirate queen, Eileen has a sailboat. I like stability, I like having a home, I like freedom and colour. I have a [...]

By: The Grateful-Fors: 50 things I’m grateful for today

The Grateful-Fors: 50 things I’m grateful for today — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:34:00 +0000

[...] my first client whose idea that I should work with her (and be her Pirate Ship’s First Mate) quite literally changed my life and opened the door to what became [...]

By: Damian

Damian — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:22:53 +0000

So cool, I love the Pirate Queen and her wonder metaphors…
.-= Damian´s last post … Marble Cleaning in the East Midlands =-.

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:06:37 +0000

Woot! This was just what I needed right now. I’m working on putting a grant together (one of my most hated tasks), and some days it feels like this awful unconquerable THING. So I’ve decided it’s like conquering an island – takes lots of planning, lots of steps, need for a clear plan of action and chain of command, lots of support needed. . .

In short, the giant whiteboard of doom is now titled “Plan for Conquering Gurantsushima Territory” (Gurantsushima is kinda-Japanese for Grants Island), and I’m going to break out my awesome hat which will be worn when I am doing things to crush Grantsushima under my heel. We’re still in the attack-planning stage, and now I’m finding myself looking forward to establishing a beachhead and expanding my control of territory. Whee!