There’s always something you can learn from putting your experiences down on paper. I love to dig around and discover new angles, often surprising myself and, hopefully you, with a relevant link to today’s situation. It all began some years ago when I was given the opportunity to write a business column for a local newspaper. I enjoyed the creative process and the clarification which came with writing. I am pleased to share my work with you here, along with some more recent musings.
There was a time when we were all completely fed up with the term ‘new normal’. It started out life being a useful way to describe what was happening to us, almost as if putting a name to the whole situation made it seem not so bad. Then the term started to feel meaningless as it rapidly became overused and …
At this time of year, I often find that it’s a time for reflection. Another year’s passed and with it, many more milestones have been achieved. When I was collating the tracks for my ‘Maiden Castle Memories’ selection earlier in the year, it made me think – not just about the music that I liked and continued to enjoy, but …
Heaven knows we’ve all had plenty of opportunity in recent times to question the value of staying positive. As crises pile up, one on top of the other, it’s very easy to slip into a critical rant and end up throwing things at the TV, as more doom and gloom comes at us from the news programmes. Causes for concern …
With apologies to Kenneth Wolstenholme – the football commentator on the 1966 World Cup final – they thought Barnhill Consulting’s workshops were all over in November 2019. Well, they were wrong! A new challenge We’re kicking off the Challenge 22 series of four events, with the first one taking place on 25 November. Our venue is a beautifully rural and calm …
