Training for Research: Failing with Style
Here’s the situation. You’re wearing a snorkel, fins and dry-suit, your feet dangling from the door of a helicopter battling…
Processed Truth – with Additives
Inspector Lestrade: “We’re obviously looking at a suicide. It does seem the only explanation of all the facts.” Sherlock: “Wrong.…
Reclaiming our Focus from Technology
According to a mobile phone ownership survey in the UK, 74% of the population owns a smartphone – a percentage…
Your Environment Affects How You Think
For many years, the discussion around emotion was pushed aside. As the world and society industrialised, we began to glamorise…
Lest We Remember
“Invert, always invert” recommended Jacobi. Like a cat, when we’re trying to see something clearly we should move our head…
The Lost Worlds of Your Mind
Have you had the experience of remembering something you read, but you can’t remember where you read it or what…
Your Dream Present
We’re running a workshop, Adrian is in full flow delivering our “Practical Thinking” programme. I set up my laptop on…
From Thought Leadership to “The Creative Leader”
You know what they say: “It’s been a journey”. I say it glibly, with my tongue firmly placed in my…
Thinking Disutopia
I act without thinking I do not understand what I am doing I am literally muddling along my activities and…
Food for thought
When you think of better thinking tools and techniques what comes to mind initially? Books? Workshops? Coaching? How about chewing…
“Being in the moment” – a Financier’s insights
I recently had the pleasure of catching up with a friend who works for a large property company running a…