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It’s autumn and I have a lot to blog about. I haven’t yet published my usual mid-year look back at the posts I have published so far this year. Instead, I’m keen to chart what’s on my mind to blog about. Some of these might find their way into a… Read more: Blogging my way into the new season

Hello and Happy World Postcard Day! As I am writing this month’s newsletter, the new academic year is in full swing and I am enjoying the quicker pace of work and projects: On the podcast, I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Dr Glenda Cox about open practice and leadership, drawing… Read more: Newsletter, October 2026

I love a good podcast, and this week sees the launch of a brand new, shiny podcast called Faces of Reclaim! Episode 1 features the amazing due Laura Gibbs and Sam Hooper, and is hosted by Alexis Block – with whom I am collaborating on this project. Alexis had the… Read more: Expanding the podcast empire

Croeso i Gaerdydd! Welcome to Cardiff! It’s not long before ALT’s Annual Conference 2026, and this year the event is coming to Cardiff – and I am very excited to be speaking at the conference for the first time since 2023 when I stepped down as CEO of ALT. I… Read more: Getting ready for ALTC 2026

World Postcard Day, celebrated annually on 1st October, might be a marketing initiative launched relatively recently, but it’s a great excuse to write a postcard, and thus I am on board! Regular readers will know that I am an avid pen pal, not only when it comes to family and… Read more: Happy World Postcard Day!

Time flies… I can’t quite believe that it’s been three years since I retired my CEO trainers along with the job title and became my own boss. Little did I know what the future would have in store for me when I made that transition, and three years into the… Read more: CEO Days Revisited

It’s September, and I get that back to school feeling once again as the new term starts. My coaching inbox, which is always a bit quiet over the summer, starts to fill up with emails from clients ready to continue their work, and new enquiries from folk who are looking… Read more: Coaching for the new term

As I am writing this month’s newsletter, the sun is drying the remnants of last night’s thunderstorm. After months of drought, heatwaves and wildfires, rain has returned to South Wales. The end of summer brought many highlights, including the DS106 Radio Summer Camp, the start of new projects, working with… Read more: Newsletter, September 2026

This seems to be the time of year when I blog about my adventures in the analogue world. Most of my work and much of my friendships are happening online in some form or other, so this is post is about the things that are happening offline, in the analogue… Read more: Adventures in Analogue II

I love the song Road to Nowhere by the Talking Heads. I am listening to it right now, just as I am typing this. This post is a bit complicated, so let’s see if I can put it all together and make some sense out of it: It all started… Read more: Road to Nowhere

For the past few years I have volunteered as a mentor for the 1 Million Mentors programme, a national initiative that provides free career focused mentoring for 16-25 year olds. This week another year of mentoring comes to an end, and so I want to reflect on how it went… Read more: Rookie (or a year of mentoring)

It’s been an eventful summer already, and the next big event is just around the corner: on 18th August the DS106 Radio Summer Camp returns! YES! Regular readers will know that I am a huge fan of all things audio and especially radio. So for the past few years it’s… Read more: The Radio (Summer Camp) Returns