Here’s the thing with advice in a neurodivergent galaxy; what works for one person, won’t necessarily work for another. We could end...

I love games. For as far back as I can recall (admittedly not a great skill of mine), when I was growing up, almost everything was made...

Last time I wrote about curiosity , I argued that sometimes it can be less than productive, except when it comes to people. With people,...

It seems strange that, in almost every list including my own, the component of ‘Place’ ends up being the last of the ten components to...

I have been in the worst of meetings. Actually, if I’m honest, I’ve run some! That feels good to say, and a nice place to start I think,...

Incisive Questions; the Time to Think® component that sticks out like a sore thumb. It’s not just the ‘two words, rather than one’...

I felt a flush of excitement when I realised I’d arrived at the component of encouragement ; ‘encouraged’, you might say. It seems to tie...

We don’t, on the whole, handle emotions well. And by ‘we’, I’m afraid I mean pretty much everyone. I wouldn’t normally be so bold,...

I read back my past article on praise and appreciation, ‘The science behind “Well Done” , and found myself wanting more. If you haven’t...

It’s time for this series to reflect inwards as we arrive at our fourth of ten articles on the components of a thinking environment;...

And so we arrive at our third component, Difference. (If you’ve not yet read my last two instalments, why not make a whole pot of tea...

Welcome to part two of my ten part series dedicated to cultivating the best environment for independent thinking. Next up, equality....

So begins my first series; ten thought pieces, dedicated to the ten components of Nancy Kline’s Thinking Environment; the optimum...

We are, so it is often said, the combination of the stories we tell ourselves. The greater the emphasis and the more often the story is...

Imagine a world where all of humanity has been infected by a disease, the effect of which is that we lose all sense of curiosity....

It seemed like the natural follow-on from my last piece ‘on reading’; to extol the virtues of writing by hand. Though I imagine many will...

It struck me as rather odd. Clearly extroverted, I would normally struggle to go more than a few hours on my own without craving human...

Here’s a thought piece with a difference, helping you tick your way to a new year’s resolution! I’ve seen plenty of guidance from coaches...

It’s widely understood that, as leaders, we should seek out opportunities to praise, and yet it doesn’t seem to come naturally to most....

I finally had my leaving ‘do’, eighteen months after walking away from my gainful employer of over twenty years. It wasn’t the fanfare I...