“Oh how to describe those moments of bliss” quoted a character in a radio drama the other day.  You may wonder to what she referred.  Well in fact it was watching a film with a…

I was at Birmingham International rail station recently, stuck, with no trains going North due to a fatality.  There were huge queues for buses and taxis.  I just wanted to get home. Then I remembered, …

If there is one thing that almost everyone wants on my development programmes its to be happier and people want that both at home and at work. So what does the research show about how…

Imagine the situation. You have a deep commitment to your work, trained for years, on low wages.  You have a great job, move up through the ranks, involving frequent relocations. Eventually you move up into…

One of my clients has changed their course evaluation forms.  When participants were asked how likely they were to recommend the course to a friend I scored straight 10s on my last course.  This brought…

I’ve had an exhaust problem.  I’ve been driving with lacking a silencer. If you ever thought they didn’t do very much then think again. I can’t really describe the pain. I was tortured for hours.…

On the train last week I encountered a group of women heading to Edinburgh.  They were “girls on tour” with sequinned red dragon T shirts and selected refreshments.  They had ended up in the “quiet…

There is data that shows  the difference between the minimum temperature in the UK and the maximum temperature in Sydney is over 60 degrees.  That’s an amazing fact.  Australians were interviewed about this and asked…

What was it like for you the last time you had bad snow, or floods? Did you give up trying to get to work? As I work at home I rarely have that problem, but…

I was so busy training recently that I ended up with just one evening to catch up with admin and prepare for workshop delivery, client and supplier meetings. My to-do list had 16 items on…