Everybody keeps referencing mindfulness. It comes up when people are looking for ways to tackle stress. It gets a mention in personal development approaches. It’s some time since Jon Kabat-Zinn wrote about the power of mindfulness in his book “Full Catastrophe Living”. His work was based on solid evidence gathered over a number of years … Read more
I have thought for a long time that the number three has a real magic for me. I won’t go into all the ideas about the Trinity and get all quasi-religious in this short piece, but three does seem to be a key number for the conscious mind. We are able to hold three … Read more
When I was a teenager I would regularly spend weekends with my Aunt and Uncle in a village about 5 miles from my home. My Aunt was my mother’s younger sister. She had a young son who I would babysit for when they went out. One weekend, when my cousin was just a toddler, my … Read more
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
It has been a few months now, and the Academy is progressing really well. We have used the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and had a really useful workshop on that. Then we started work on our first book – ‘Transitions’ by William Bridges. The book we are working on at the moment is ‘Do More … Read more
I manage a small team in my “day job”. Recently, at team meetings I have been introducing some of the writers who have influenced me in my working practise. I have also shared a number of videos which I found particularly interesting. At the last team meeting before the summer break, I introduced 6 books … Read more
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. Lao Tsu The quote above represents a value which I regard as pretty central to the way I function. It is important to avoid the ego dominating the way in … Read more
If you have taken the time to look at the “About” page on this website you will have seen that amongst other things I have a work role in the NHS in England. If you work in it too (and let’s face it that makes you one of 1.3million people, so it’s likely), then you … Read more
We talk about networking as though it is something which comes naturally to some people. Are you a good networker, is a question people often ask. But like many things it is a skill which can be developed. Often people think of networking as being all about how we build up contacts and make best use … Read more
