Month: April 2009

You’re Responsible for the Recession

I’m responsible for the Recession for the recession and so are you. We screwed things up by living in a dumb-ass unsustainable way and tolerating an economic system that had …

Misogi Training

Misogi is a Japanese word which roughly translates as “purification”. On Sunday my aikido club did aikido misogi to commemorate the memorial of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba. Misogi normally involves …

Jonathan Kay Workshop

Colourful, anarchic, creative, scary, genius, nebulous, challenging, enlightened, and bonkers are all words that passed my mind while trying unsuccessfully to figure out Jonathan Kay a “21st century fool” in …

Boredom is Good

Boredom is Good – it lets you know you’ve learnt something and can move on to look at something new.This is wisdom from the Japanese martial arts where endless repetitions …

HRD Exhibition 2009

I spent an enjoyable and full-on day at the London ExCeL this Wednesday for the CIPD 2009 HRD Exhibition and Conference. I was researching others working with stress, team building …

Business Aikido

Aikido has been a major influence on my life and in my business. I worked worldwide for a non profit organisation called Aiki Extensions that uses principles and practices from …

Brighton Birds Flocking

Every evening Brighton starlings flock by the Pier. The Brighton birds are the ultimate team but birds are stoopid right? The pattern emerges because of a few behavioural rules and …

What is Emotional Intelligence?

Here’s a video by fellow Brighton coach and trainer Antony Shave on What Is Emotional Intelligence? “IQ will only get you hired, EQ (Emotional Intelligence) will get you promoted.” Drawing …

Love and Business

“People who extol the virtues of love and spirituality in business organisationshave until recently largely been regarded as cranks – not because love andspirituality doesn’t work – but because organisations, …