WRITING

Provoking new ways of thinking about old topics

SELECTED ARTICLES

Parts of Me

There’s a part of me that wants to Leave this mind behind, it Seeks to set sail Yearns for open seas Craves the novelty of adventure

Baillie Aaron

May 9, 20211 min read

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To My Friend in Need

My dear friend On the precipice of change It will not help for me to gift you what you desire

Baillie Aaron

May 9, 20211 min read

170 views

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One Fact I Love

In an era of false truths...

Baillie Aaron

Apr 12, 20211 min read

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On Truth

She has arrived...

Baillie Aaron

Apr 12, 20211 min read

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A thought leader too afraid to share her thoughts

On my inner journey of self-reflection, I had an uncomfortable epiphany. I was a thought leader too afraid to share her thoughts.

Baillie Aaron

Mar 19, 20214 min read

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Why I choose to be grateful for getting hit by a car

We don’t get to select our wake-up calls in life, and given the available emotions that I can feel: I choose gratitude.

Baillie Aaron

Mar 17, 20212 min read

131 views

3 comments

How to Avoid Getting Asked: How Are You?

It is the mosquito of all questions - the three words that I'm asked the most often, the simple but persistent: "How are you?"

Baillie Aaron

Mar 15, 20212 min read

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What's your secret to looking so young?

When I was in my early 20s, I wasn't surprised to be ID'ed. But now that I've hit 35, I'm getting tired of it. Just kidding; I love it.

Baillie Aaron

Mar 13, 20213 min read

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I am not a Five-Paragraph Essay

The formulaic five-paragraph essay guided my decisions and behaviors until I reached a full stop. And discovered I could play in the margins

Baillie Aaron

Mar 11, 20213 min read

661 views

8 comments

Extremely Healthy

I worked out three times a day, signed up for the next Ironman, and started bench pressing my truck.

Baillie Aaron

Mar 11, 20212 min read

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SELECTED ARTICLES

Prisons are failing. It's time to find an alternative.

How do we move to a new paradigm for delivering punishment?

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We have solutions to crime. We just need to scale them.

Social replication can enable interventions to remain locally-responsive, while driving forwards global scale to maximise impact.

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5 Ways to Leave Well

Practical steps for a Founder/CEO to thoughtfully transition out of their organisation.

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Whose Data is it Anyway?

How a co-design approach to evaluating programmes with incarcerated people can overcome challenges.

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