The 5th of October each year is World Teachers’ Day. The theme of the day is, “The teachers we need for the education we want”. So, what is the education we want and who are the teachers we need to deliver that? Adults in ancient pre-literate societies would teach...

If I said what you believe is the most fundamental and important thing in your life, would you believe me? Beliefs are things which are true to us, they tend to empower or disempower us. If you believe you can do something and if you act in accordance with that, then...

I wrote a short piece for an ex-student about coaching recently. Here’s an extract - A coach is an expert in personal development and the process of achievement. The client is an expert in their own life, their story, their challenge, or their goal. Or to put that...

Last week saw the simultaneous release of Barbie and Oppenheimer at the cinema. I thought this was an interesting juxtaposition. I wonder which one will gross more in sales revenue. As a society are we more interested in a film about a children’s toy, or one about the...

On the 5th July this year the NHS will be 75 years old, a platinum celebration. Many of you reading this will work in the NHS. After all, the NHS is well known as one of the largest non-military employers in the world. My daughter and my sister both work there. The...

For most of us, what we do as our work is how we earn money. That money allows us to meet our basic needs and provides the means to raise children, to learn and grow, and to have fun. Most of us spend a lot of time working. This makes what we do at work and how we do...

I went to see one of my favourite comedians, Stewart Lee, this week at the Lowry in Salford. I have always liked comedy. Doubtless this interest was stoked by growing up on a diet of Carry-On Films, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Not The Nine O’clock News,...