I must confess something: I love ice breakers, energisers and anything different that jolts me out of the day-to-day. I know many people...

As some of you may have seen, I recently had the pleasure of delivering some training sessions for a fantastic consulting firm on a...

I was talking to a friend last night about their job and I asked how it was going: "Hmm, it's ok", they said, "I had a maternity cover...

How was the last meeting you went to? What did you think of that last workshop you attended? How about that training day? Was it...

Nope, nothing to do with TVs, meters, thermostats, fridges, doorbells, cars, objectives nor chocolates (oh, hang on, those are...

A/ One bite at a time of course... I love this ridiculous joke (not just because it entertains my nephews) but because underneath it lies...

When was the last time you told someone a good story? I bet it was recently but you probably didn't realise you were actively doing it...

Psychological safety is an increasingly common factor identified as being important for successful businesses and for allowing employees...

Think of the satisfaction; you've just completed the designs for your new strategy, your new product, a new plan, a big event, a bold...

Think of a problem, any problem (no, this isn't a magic trick or a maths lesson on the sly). It can be a problem impacting your business...

IQ: I'm not here to talk about one of the joys of living in the UK ( I queue, therefore I am*) but instead the importance of IQ to...

How many times have you found yourself slightly obsessed with something to the point that you lose clarity of thought? Or doing something...

One of the biggest "Focus Costs" is a lack of clarity. From the small: "Did they say that they wanted milk in their coffee?", to the...

It happens to us all, we sit down with the clearest intention to get something done only to be distracted by something else (maybe a...

In my preceding 2 blogs I discussed exactly what EQ was and why it is so important in the business world (scratch that, it's so important...

Why have I written this follow up article on EQ? In my previous article https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-need-talk-eq-faris-aranki/ I...

I'm sure there is a formal definition of EQ somewhere out there on the internet or in the vast chamber of some renowned centre of...

Having spent over 20 years working in the corporate, education and development worlds focusing on strategy and management, I have come to...