As promised, here is another blog post to describe the progress I am making with my 3 day writing marathon. In this post I will give a quick update on how the process has gone, then set out the music playlist I have been using, and what progress I have made with the goals I … Read more
It’s a Saturday morning and I am at the beginning of a 3-day writing marathon. I wrote about this concept in an earlier post. This weekend is the first chance I have to put it into practise. I thought it would be useful to capture the process in real-time and see how it goes. Apologies … Read more
Writing – a whole day dancing around the writing task. It’s a familiar pattern. Recently I started listening to the archive of podcasts called ‘Page Up‘ by Angela Lauria. There are some interesting ideas about writing and publishing in each episode. She acknowledges that there are different types of writers. Some write little and often, doing … Read more
I read a couple of really interesting blog posts today. The first one was by Julian Stodd who worked with us a couple of months ago. In it he was talking about the way that we ‘meet’ with people being much more flexible these days. Having so many options to connect in virtual ways with … Read more
The team I work with had a fantastic workshop a couple of weeks ago with Margaret Wheatley. She was visiting the UK and whilst here she spent a day with us looking at how we build meaningful community. It was an inspiring day. One phrase has lingered with me long after the workshop: Edge Walkers … Read more
Sometimes the gremlins come along and bite you! If you have been reading blog posts here over the last couple of months, you would be forgiven for thinking that everything is flowing beautifully and I am in a state of flow. I read recently in a blog post by Steven Pressfield a comment he made … Read more
If you have been reading this blog for a while you may already know that I set up a press about 10 years ago and produced a couple of booklets by hand with a small print run of 100 copies (see here for a bit more on this). I have always intended to return to this … Read more
It’s been a long time since that first time when I heard the music of Brian Eno and was completely captivated – and there began a lifetime obsession. We are talking the mid 70s. Of course, I had heard Roxy Music before that – but it was his solo work that really began the journey. … Read more
This week I have been spinning plates (the real thing, not a metaphor), dancing, acting, mime and singing. I have written poetry, developed brand materials, facilitated groups and drank some really nice red wine! Sometimes the team I work with has a week like the one that has just finished, where a number of different things … Read more
“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.” -Stephen Covey I came across Stephen Covey’s “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” quite late. In mid-career I was working for the NHS Modernisation Agency. This was a national organisation here in England which focused … Read more