Hide and seek
Last week I was involved in a twitter conversation with Andy Lancaster and Julie Drybrough. It had been sparked by Andy using specially made board games (super sized) to inject …
You do it to yourself
I wrote last week about the difference between “They and We”. After writing the post I was reminded of a song by Radiohead called “Just”. The chorus lyric goes “You …
They or We?
There have been some interesting contrasts in my work recently. Beyond the obvious differences (facilitation versus coaching for example) I’ve noticed a more subtle demarcation. One of the organisations I …
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There’s a story from the early days of the space race in the 1960s. When NASA started recruiting they were unsure of what conditions the astronauts would face. To that …
Build a better mousetrap
There is a saying attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door” it’s generally used as a metaphor for the …
This is my truth, tell me yours
Back in the dim and distant past (the 1990’s) there was a TV show called the X Files. Each week an investigative duo would look in to unexplained phenomena and …
Cadence
This is the 5th in a series of blogs inspired by a day’s workshop in Narrative Coaching by Dr David Drake. When I was (much much) younger my father sat …
Rewrite destiny
This is the 4th in a series of blogs inspired by a day’s workshop in Narrative Coaching by Dr David Drake. It’s a tough world out there right now. Every …
Coaches, not editors
This is the third in a series of blogs inspired by a days workshop on Narrative Coaching with Dr David Drake. I’m going to leap straight in this week with …
Gone in 60 seconds
This is the 2nd in a short series of blogs informed by a day’s workshop on Narrative Coaching with Dr David Drake. How does one measure time? Is it via …