buddying up

Buddying up

Over the years, I’ve discovered that working together on projects is something that can be both professionally rewarding and productive. The feeling of shared success – not to mention the shared knowledge and workload – mean that teamwork makes sense in many areas of our working lives. But where does that emotion come from and how can we harness aspects …

Walk towards the fear – how sport and business interact

I don’t know about you, but I love to watch a really big sporting event. So, you can imagine, like millions of others lately I have been in my element for weeks keeping my eye on test cricket, Wimbledon fortnight and the lift-off of the Women’s Euro 2022. We are constantly treated to a show of brilliance, guts, determination and …

Ssshh! A quiet revolution?

I’ve been thinking about the Reading List page on my website recently and wondering whether to kill it off as part of my current brand refresh. I’m very glad I didn’t, for two main reasons: One – I was with a new client recently who surprised me by telling me she’d been looking round my website and loved the book …

Can you tell your amygdala from your hippocampus?

I was drawn into thinking about humour this week, after the visit from a photographer (and old friend) who snapped away and told me as a parting shot that I would make a great after-dinner speaker. Being compelled to smile for two solid hours requires a strategy in my book. So, I girded my loins, to pretend I was talking …