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The other night I happened to discover the Animals… yes the original 1960’s pop band were playing not far away, so I thought it might be interesting to check them out.  I was pretty apprehensive that it would not be the ‘real’ band, I knew that Eric Burden, their singer and frontman, was not with […][...] read more » The Animals… a different spin on change

It isn’t like me to watch opening or closing ceremonies (indeed, to be honest, I can’t say I usually engage with the Olympics) but London 2012 managed to grab me, and many of my fellow countrymen.  I was moved by last nights closing ceremony, especially when John Lennon’s voice joined the World with his rendition […][...] read more » Olympic Reflections 2012

Today I was one of many proud parents watching their beloved offspring don gown and mortarboard and be presented with their degree.  My daughter had quite a lot to overcome to reach this milestone.  She lost her mum a matter of months after starting, then broke up with her boyfriend of seven years shortly thereafter, […][...] read more » Graduation, a milestone

Today we have another guest blog, which I really like.  Jo Berry reminds of the power and importance of our language in avoiding conflict and resolving issues  I have been working in the world of conflict transformation and communication and have been understanding how I can challenge behaviour so that I have most chance of […][...] read more » The Importance of Describing Behaviour

I saw these posted today and obviously they have all sorts of major religious and philosophical importance, but if you are able to set that aside and just think about them, they contain not just wisdom but some pretty practical tools for Change.  They are worth dusting off and and applying. 1) THE GREAT LAW […][...] read more » The 12 Laws of Karma

I celebrated my 60th birthday a month ago.  I can’t say it was a milestone that I was looking forward to reaching.  I grew up when the Beatles sang “When I’m 64..” when we all considered that unimaginably old!  It used to be that the one good thing about this landmark birthday was you got […][...] read more » Is 60 just another birthday?

Steering a barge ain’t easy! To start with you push the tiller (the steery thing) left to go right and vice versa. Then weighing about 20 tons and proceeding at a stately 3mph it takes an age to respond to any directions. The rudder (the bit in the water) is also relatively small and makes […][...] read more » Barging About: Lessons in Change

We were in the the woods this morning, and as I mentioned in a previous blog, they now tend to leave dead trees standing or where they fall and this wood seems to have more than its fair share of trees that were damaged in the hurricane or just dead.  This tree has been converted […][...] read more » Change lessons from Woody Woodpecker

This weekend I went to a very unusual concert in the historic setting of Trinity College chapel in Cambridge.  It was part of the early musical festival.  It featured a Norwegian group of singers call Trio Medieval, who played with Arve Henriksen.  They sang largely unaccompanied, apart from Arve.  Their repertoire was based on 12-13th […][...] read more » New from old–a recipe for Change

If you have a large garden, especially one with an irregular shape you’ll be familiar with the dilemma of “how do you mow it?”. If you have a ride-on, you can’t do simple stripes, as the thing has to be manoeuvred. The challenge is to come up with a pattern that cuts all of the […][...] read more » Zen and the Art of lawn mowing