Everyone’s a little bit racist
I can’t tell you the exact moment when I became aware of my own mortality. But I can tell you that I was never more afraid of dying than...
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
“In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry...
Diversity & Divergency – why should you care?
Last night Dave and I ran our first mini-workshop on Diversity & Divergency at Veran Performance’s offices in London. This is part of the build up to our full...
A Safe Space for Weirdos
It’s not much of a life when you’re just a pretty face, Just to be whoever you are is no disgrace, Don’t be scared if you don’t fit in…...
Loving the Alien
“The nail that sticks out gets hammered down” – Japanese proverb “Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.” – Often attributed to Oscar Wilde – probably not Oscar Wilde...
Work is Important, Play is Vital
“Man’s maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Social gatherings would be much more lively affairs if we asked...
A well-deserved kick in the symbolics
The incandescent lightbulb is being phased out across the world to make way for newer, more efficient forms of lighting. It’s about time the creativity industry phased it out...
Just lie back, relax, and tell me about your relationship with creativity
07 Question: Imagine you’re trapped in a lift that’s plummeting at a terrifying speed. The brakes are gone, the cable has snapped. How do you stop yourself from hitting the...
Forget the heroes, learn from the villains
Last year, on the morning when we learned that a man who literally inspired some of the villains in 1980s movies had been elected president of the United States...
SMART objectives are the enemy of creativity. Here’s the alternative.
I help my clients build a strong relationship with creativity. A relationship describes the qualities of a connection or interaction and creativity means the art of solving problems under...