It’s Almanac time again! This month there’s news of two forthcoming books, ideas for films, another card deck and a research-sharing initiative with the University of Liverpool. As I settle into a pattern of sharing ideas around projects that I am working on, people that I have come across (in the real world, online or … Read more
For the month of July my publishers, BlueWater Books, are running a campaign for my latest book “The Inner Fire: a coaching alchemy”. If you order direct from the publisher using this link you can get free UK postage and packing (please get in touch if ordering from outside UK) and you have the chance to get … Read more
As I spend more time figuring out what this new role of Chief Explorer looks like, I have been using a few channels to experiment. In stepping away from my leadership role, I wanted this new role to give me the opportunity to come up with ideas as we travel and explore things locally. I’ve … Read more
This is the second in a series of blog posts about the major transition that I am working on at the moment. As the process evolves I will be sharing the different steps in the hope that it may be useful to other going through similar processes. The first part can be found here. Having … Read more
On 28th April my team met as usual for our Rehearsal Day, the time we take every six weeks to touch base and create new ideas together. We have been doing these days online, rather than face-to-face, since the beginnings of COVID in spring 2020. For this day I wanted us to spend some time … Read more
This is a really quick update as the box in the photo has just arrived and I am just about to facilitate a Zoom call which will take up the next couple of hours or so. Today, after several weeks of amends and last minute edits, the new book arrived in a box. The first … Read more
It has been a long time in preparation maybe two years from the initial idea. I’ve had the challenges of resistance and losing momentum. Seth Godin talks about the importance of shipping material and not holding back (this man has blogged every day for years and years now!) And Steven Pressfield really does understand what … Read more
Back in mid-March I had symptoms of a sore throat, slight cough, temperature and then the rest just unravelled into what looked like COVID-19. Within 24 hours my youngest son was ill, and two days later so way my wife. There was no testing outside of hospitals then so we have no way of knowing … Read more
Another blog post in this series responding to a random list of titles… We used to see the world in black and white whenever we looked at the TV screen or at a photo. That was the interpretation of the world that was familiar to us… …and there is still a beautiful authenticity in the … Read more
Here is the seventh tip in this series of productivity tips. I’ve been using this technique for about 10 years now. It’s derived from an exercise in a book by Michael Gelb called “How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci”. This book is full of remarkable ideas and exercises. In the book, Gelb sets out … Read more