Would you drop a magic pill (or at least a half?)

As we get into the year, many of the people I meet have been reflecting how to get the best from themselves this year.  It’s been inspiring to hear how the depth of winter has inspired so much personal change. For me, taking time out over New Year always inspires new...

What I learnt from my fasting from Facebook

A couple of months back, deeply troubled by late night facebook sessions grappling with the woes of the war in Gaza, I deleted Facebook and Twitter from my phone. I realised that trawling through posts, dipping in and out of polarised opinions about a reality far from...

Stevies’ Three Personas

Ask my wife and she’ll claim I’m a big picture thinker and extraverted– she’ll point out how I love to entertain, how sociable I am, that I’m demonstrative (or over demonstrative at times!), how I love an audience, and how my spontaneity (against her order and...

21st Century Human Persuasion

The new persuasion: no-sales selling, and why moving beats manipulation Whatever our role in business, we sell. It may not be part of our job title, but we sell. We may not – in the short term – get paid for it, but we sell. We may not even think of it in those terms,...