I’ve been reading a book of late called ‘The oarsome adventures of a fat boy rower’ by Kevin Biggar. It was leant to me by Leah from OnBrand Partners. It’s about how he went from being a couch potato (I can empathise) to winning an Atlantic rowing race. It’s a great tale of commitment, team … Continue reading Keep rowing
Give me the keys that unlock people
Everybody has a key that can unlock them. Most have more than one and they are someone that they trust. It could be a member of their family, their partner or their mother perhaps. It could be a colleague at work or a close friend. It could be an upstanding member of society like a … Continue reading Give me the keys that unlock people
Don’t expect it in the shops soon
I started on my first book a couple of weeks ago. It’s going to be brilliant, or rubbish. It will probably be somewhere in between. I say my first book as I have many more planned. A whole section in Waterstones perhaps. I have to start somewhere. I was going to start with a novel … Continue reading Don’t expect it in the shops soon
Innate stories
Are there some stories that are innate, that are built into our genetic code, stories that we all knew before we were ever told them? Are there stories that we have heard many times but have known them all along? Just as a bird knows how to build a nest or a silkworm knows how … Continue reading Innate stories
Stories born from adversity
We’ve been trying to use stories at work to set the tone, to highlight the positive things that we achieve and to encourage cooperation and integration across the various teams. It’s early days yet and we’ve only tried it a few time but already we’ve found that using positive stories creates a much more upbeat … Continue reading Stories born from adversity
Management speak
I’ve been trying to learn a foreign language for as long as I care to admit. I wish that I had tried harder at school because the older I get the more difficult it becomes. I’ve got by in French, dabbled a bit in Italian, German, Swedish, Icelandic and Portuguese. I have even managed to … Continue reading Management speak
I’ve heard it
Such is the power of stories that people can believe things which aren’t true only because they have heard them said. After all, there is no smoke without fire and if that is the word on the street then who are they to argue? Our work places are full of them, myths and legends, truths, … Continue reading I’ve heard it
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 