October 19, 2015
‘How do they get non stick material to stick on non stick pans?’ A user question posed to Richard Cornish,…
How to use private discourse to surprise and delight your audience
October 12, 2015
I was recently talking to the CEO of a large, global professional services company that had run a massive event…
Three Must Know Life – Changing Global Work Trends
October 5, 2015
I’ve just spent September criss-crossing the globe, working with leaders, entrepreneurs and educators in the UK, Canada and USA. Is…
Small doors open into large rooms
September 28, 2015
The 1999 movie, The Hurricane, was based on the true story of Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter. Carter, a talented American/Canadian boxer, was twice controversially convicted of – and…
Message mastery creates shift
September 14, 2015
Young men between 18 and 21 are at the highest risk in terms of road fatalities. But how do you…
Breaking bad, good, great…
September 7, 2015
What’s the difference between good and bad? Can we pinpoint the moment when a story we are telling moves from…
Rule number 6
August 31, 2015
Two prime ministers are having an important private meeting. Suddenly, the door is flung open and an official, in great…
Caution! Caring people ahead
August 25, 2015
A posse of foreign journalists was travelling with the Dalai Lama as he visited poverty-stricken village after village. In every…
Why dodgy perfume salesmen are masters of context
August 5, 2015
One of my holiday jobs as a student in London was to count people entering Harrods. We operated in shifts…
The business of busyness
July 29, 2015
In a classic clip from an old I Love Lucy episode, Lucy gets a job in a chocolate factory and…
When Goliath stands up for David
July 22, 2015
“We don’t ask you for free iPhones,” pop star, Taylor Swift, wrote to tech giant, Apple, in an open letter…
That dreaded F-word
July 15, 2015
An eager young author in Alabama, USA received news that made her heart sink: her book submission had been knocked…