Picture the last time you were penned into a board-room, fluorescent lights humming, while slide after slide of pie charts marched past. Your mind drifted, didn’t it? Now recall a talk that truly stirred you—one where a single tale coloured…
Curtain‑Up: The Pitch‑Perfect Panic Picture the scene: you’ve just uncorked your Big Idea in the Monday meeting. Your heart’s doing an Ed Sheeran drum‑solo, the fluorescent lights are harsher than your Year‑9 PE teacher, and all eyes swivel to the…
I. Let’s Talk About Meetings, Shall We? Meetings. Just the word makes your shoulders drop a little, doesn’t it? Like hearing someone say “car trouble” or “team-building exercise.” You know what’s coming: an Outlook ping, a slot blocked in your…
What is a Creative Voice? Hello there. Come in, make yourself comfortable. Tea? Biscuit? Excellent. We’re going to talk about something rather grand today, something that often gets lumped into the ‘nice-to-have’ pile of corporate buzzwords, but which, I promise…
On Having a Natter, and Why It Might Just Be the Secret to Everything Now, look. It’s a funny old thing, the world of business. We’ve spent the last twenty years inventing ever more complicated ways to avoid actually speaking…
Imagine standing at the edge of a fast-moving river. The map you once relied on no longer fits the contours of this new terrain. The old bridges—titles, rules, command chains—have thinned or washed away. You still need to cross. But…
We’ve all shuffled out of a meeting clutching a lukewarm coffee, wondering why 45 minutes of Q&A felt like a never-ending game of corporate whack-a-mole. Then, every so often, there’s that rare encounter—perhaps at the snack wall by the last…
Introduction: The Workplace Melting Pot (and the Curious Clatter of Keyboards) Step into any modern workplace today and you’ll find a curious cross-section of history and humanity. A Baby Boomer quietly jotting notes on a legal pad, a Gen X-er…
There’s something quietly heroic about stepping up to speak. Whether it’s a boardroom or a village hall, those first five minutes—often overlooked or underestimated—carry the weight of everything that follows. You might think of it as a short sprint. In…
When you overthink during conversations, your brain becomes congested with competing thoughts, creating significant barriers to clear communication. This mental gridlock forces your speech to become tangled as your mind tries to process multiple angles simultaneously. Overthinking triggers a cycle…