

Coming off the Fence: When it's Your Call
In our last blog post we set out the steps that maximise your chances of defusing and resolving a dispute or disagreement. However, even...


Agree to Agree - 7 steps to real conflict resolution
“Conflict is unavoidable” is something of a cliché - Google it and you get over 22 million hits. Given that we all have different...


The Game as Laboratory: Planning and Discovery
We all know that some games are described or marketed as “educational”; in other words, the game is a medium through which knowledge or...


Into Focus: 5 ways to kick start your single tasking
In my last blog post I gave you five reasons why multitasking actually stops you getting things done. William James, often called the...


5 Reasons why you shouldn’t Multitask
Have you ever had a conversation with a work colleague while scrolling through your email? Do you eat dinner in front of the television...


The Enemy of the Good
I decided to write a blog post on procrastination quite some time ago; yes, there is already an irony in that opening. Exploring just why...


Games as Glue: The social value of play
The enormous growth of online computer gaming in the 21st century, so dramatic that "gaming" now implies "online" for many and "gamer"...


Hitting Peak Performance
Everyone strives to achieve optimal performance, but how do we get there? How indeed do we even know when we have? Let's define optimal...
What is Coaching, really?
When people ask me what I do and find out that I coach, their responses can range from “Oh yes, coaching, I’d like to do that, I always...