"We’ve been working with a marketing consultancy and they’ve come up with some values and a mission statement for the company. Here’s what they are [points to the screen] – we’ve spent a [...]

There’s a fascinating passage in The Fifth Risk, a new book by best-selling author Michael Lewis which explores one of the less publicised aspects of American politics – the transition from one executive [...]

One of the joys of having a child studying film and Spanish at university is the degree to which he teaches me things about my work! His passion is more towards movies than language [...]

Some people just have funny bones; Ronnie was one of them I love this quote from scriptwriter Barry Cryer, referring to Ronnie Corbett – a diminutive figure but a comedy giant. Corbett passed away [...]

A few years ago I was seriously in the doldrums and was introduced to the work of Seth Godin (pictured above left). A New York-based marketing guru, Godin writes one of the most [...]

There are no principles operating here, just gusts of wind. Printed in a recent USA Today, this description of a famous figure comes from Robert Epstein, an American research psychologist and a former [...]

The shortest distance between two people is a story (Terrence Gargiulo)If the above quote has any validity (and I sincerely believe it does), then the ‘7 Stories’ event last Thursday evening in Leaf, Manchester created [...]

I never thought of myself as a disruptor. But a former boss of mine said I was the most disruptive person he’d ever worked with. He meant it as a compliment! These were the words [...]

I was having a bit of a clear out at home the other day and came across an oil painting I’d done as a teenager (the bird of prey shown above). At the time I [...]

I wish I could say I’d met Professor Stephen Hawking, a man of colossal intellect and great courage (apparently he was given just 2-3 years to live after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease, whilst [...]

One of the most interesting aspects of my work is to help a company find a fresh vision, something which helps it stand out from the crowd and inspires its employees to achieve greater things. [...]

Although I characterise most of my work as ‘storytelling’ it is, in many respects, a form of sales training – soft sales training. Many of my clients are technically schooled professionals who are thrust into situations [...]

Driving home recently I was listening to Jonathan Ross on BBC Radio 2 talking about space exploration. Someone happened to mention Neil Armstrong and Ross recalled a time when the famous astronaut [...]