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In my recent book, “Precious Jewels: small experiments for personal growth,” I explore how small, intentional experiments can create meaningful change in our lives and work. Today, I’d like to share a new experiment I’ve just launched called “Ideas in Circulation.” The Genesis of an Experiment As Chief Explorer, I’ve become increasingly fascinated by how … Read more
Working out loud: sharing the first few ideas about a new book. I began work on this in the last few months of 2020. A structure emerged, and deep into the research for the book, new ideas began to emerge which are now informing the outline and progress that I am making so far. It’s … Read more
Just a quick update to let you know that you can now pre-order “Insight Coaching” here on the website. It will be available on Amazon in a week or so. For now, if you are keen to order a copy, follow this link and place an order. Thanks for reading this, and have a great … Read more
The next blog post in the series responding to a random list of titles. One of the shelves in the room where I write has a shelf that looks like this. I know it’s an untidy mess, but it is a mess that I am really pleased about. This is the space where I have … Read more
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time working out how to properly embed learning recently. I’m an avid reader; in a typical year I will get through at least 40 books on a wide range of topics. Sometimes the books I read are entertaining and inspiring, sometimes they contain practical ideas and advice which … Read more
Reading books, magazines, articles and blog posts across a truly diverse range of topics is a huge help to stimulate novel ideas. This is, I think, the heart of a creative approach. To be stimulated to generate new ideas, we need to draw from a wide range of influences. To achieve this, we should always … Read more
During the Writing Marathon back in March I spent most of the time writing new material for the latest book. The title has mutated slightly, so that now it is called “The Journey to Wonder”. In the blog posts I wrote a lot about the process of writing, with plenty of statistics about the word … Read more
Earlier in the week I mentioned that my new book has just been published and is available on Amazon. Here are the opening paragraphs from the Introduction: “It’s all about the money – that seems to be the measure by which everything is judged these days. Every day we hear about new scandals relating to … Read more
Yes, today is launch day. I’ve broken all of the rules. Apparently, the idea is to get ready for book launch – prepare all your social media, have pre-release copies ready to share with people to get reviews on Amazon. Did I do any of that? No, it took so long to get to this … Read more
This morning I was listening to a podcast by Todd Henry called ‘The Accidental Creative‘. I’ve been subscribe for a while. His podcasts are incredibly useful, full of tips and ideas to boost creativity. He also interviews people from time to time. This episode was about the importance of a morning ritual and some of … Read more