I wrote in earlier posts about the work we did last year as a team to develop a Creative Learning Academy approach. This included reading a book a month, a set of workshops and other activities. This helped to inform the developments in the Releasing Potential Programme which we are now running for R&D Managers … Read more
Here’s a poem from the new collection – “Times of the Wise Old Man” which you can download for absolutely no cost by clicking on this link… VI – this spectacular view again, bored with it This spectacular view again, bored with it – Staying in this temporary home – What happens to the flow … Read more
After a prolonged spell of distraction, I have begun to ‘ship’ new material. My first booklet since 2010 is released today. It’s a 48 page booklet of poems. You can download a free PDF of it by clicking here. Enjoy…
Doing something innovative is one thing, capturing it is another. I am capturing the personal development approach which I am taking forward with my team, and which I have been writing about here. The book which I have started on this, should be finished soon. (All part of the drive to ‘ship’ things before resistance … Read more
Finding a reason for walking on a beach, and then realising that the feeling of sand between the toes will powerfully evoke memories: trying I have looked up into the stars at night That are so scattered Across the infinitely deep sky I have seen into great vacuums of awesome space And been left standing … Read more
When writing something – whether a work of fiction or something factual – it often takes a little while to get started. The first few paragraphs feel a little like a warm up before exercising. So, here is an approach that will sharpen the writing. Begin to write as you normally would. Carry on writing … Read more
I found a completely new idea, startling me as I considered it, and it appeared in a fascinating conversation with a colleague. We had co-created it. I am looking for the point of balance between head and heart. It’s the dance between the known and the unknown. I have written before about the way in … Read more
I posted a couple of days ago the link to the ‘November Suite’ booklet. Here’s a poem from that collection in case you’re wondering whether to go ahead and download. Before The dark is rising Now hear all of this Last night the stars shone And I watched them twinkle One drop in each shard … Read more
Ages ago on this blog, I promised to upload the collection of poetry which I wrote in November 2009. It was written through the month – a poem a day. Follow this link to download the booklet. I hope you enjoy it – as ever, I am always keen to get feedback (use the contacts … Read more
We are in the midst of a really cold spell (- 6°C at night) as is a lot of Western Europe. And that set me to thinking about how things were just 4 weeks ago. These pictures were taken on 24th October! Seasons change…