In the last few months I’ve been discovering a new depth of gratitude for the good and simple things in life: family and friends, the changing of the seasons, the joys of working, the surprising goodness of the average human being, whatever the global context. In part this re-examination, or even re-discovery, of gratitude is… read more

I’ve just spent a delightful 3 days working with a group of Nordic people, just outside lovely Copenhagen. I’ve always found it very easy to work with Scandinavians, not least because of their ability to speak English so brilliantly, so that even in the more challenging territory of emotions they can express what they need… read more

Every now and again, instead of rolling my eyes at my son’s fascination with jungle and austerity-based reality TV shows, I sit on the sofa and join in. There’s a Bear Grylls survival series on at the moment, where a group of women and a group of men were dropped, separately and unknown to each… read more