In my last post I suggested a few possible ideas for topics to produce blog posts about. Thanks to those who sent me messages with their thoughts on the topics they would like me to write about. I will get to those as soon as I can. In the meantime, I am on a train … Read more
I wrote here about the idea of using letter writing as a method to tap into inner wisdom. It’s an approach that involves writing to someone who can help you and then drafting the response to yourself. This is what I wrote: Dear Stuart Good to hear from you. You know that I obsess about the morning rituals that get the … Read more
It’s nearly the end of April and I have read 24 books so far this year. That’s double the number I had read by this time last year. No, I haven’t been doing a speed reading course or only reading books that are no more than 20 pages in length! There are a number of … Read more
Recently I have been revisiting some of the concepts developed in my PhD thesis 10 years ago. The text which follows is an extract from an unfinished article I wrote which describes the process I developed, drawn from Carl Jung, to develop archetypal characters. This was a core component of my PhD thesis and formed a key … Read more
Throughout March the team has been involved in another outing for the Creative Learning work which I have mentioned before in this blog (go ahead, search for Creative Learning and you’ll find the other posts). We have had two days of workshops – four different techniques in total. These were delivered by a team of … Read more
For the past few years I have been leading worked aimed at changing the culture in organisations. Culture is notoriously difficult to change – the focus of our work has been on generating cultures that are responsive to research and innovation. The tricky bit in all of this is figuring out how to measure culture … Read more
Another guest post from Su Fowler-Johnson (find out more about Su here): Since July I have been embarking on the journey of becoming a supervisor for coaches. You may ask yourselves do coaches need supervision? I think the resounding position is YES. For 3 reasons: Coaches need to review what they do, what they do well, … Read more
This is a guest post by Ian Pettigrew. Ian runs Kingfisher Coaching and blogs at his own website where you can find out more information about the services he offers: Whenever I work with the NHS, I encounter people who care deeply about what they do, are passionate about the NHS, and are fully … Read more
A couple of weeks ago we went to see a temporary exhibition at the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight, Wirral. It was a collection of Drawings of Edward Burne-Jones, the Pre-Raphaelite painter. I was really impressed with the collection of drawings and watercolours by Burne-Jones together with some of the paintings for which … Read more
It’s that conversation over a cup of coffee when the ideas are flowing and you are struggling to keep up taking notes of them so that they don’t vanish. Collaborating with others can be a real spark to create new ideas and open up to diverse creative approaches that might not have otherwise come to … Read more