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Why Jo Cox was the best kind of politician.
I will remember Jo on her boat with a baby and a smile. We’d been introduced by a mutual friend who used to work in the White House. When I headed back to London after four years living in the States,...
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Walking the talk on #Diversity at Work
“Walk the talk”. “Turn the dial”. “We need to hardwire diversity”. And – “You can’t improve on what you can’t measure”. “People can’t shy away from the data”. These are some of my takeaways from...
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“No Need for Geniuses”. A rather surprising book about history and science.
I interviewed Steve Jones at the Write on Kew literary festival on Sunday. He is Emeritus Professor of Genetics at University College London and from the evidence of his books a very curious author....
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“Revenge of the ‘Deplorables'”– a good read
My day has been thrown off course by a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. “Revenge of the ‘Deplorables‘” is an excellent long read – asking what’s behind the growing distrust in government...
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Olivia Sudjic’s “Sympathy”– Alice in her online Wonderland.
When does life online shift from broader horizons to tunnel vision? A new novel called “Sympathy” sends us tumbling down the rabbit hole like Alice. And like her, it makes me feel somewhat nauseous. I...
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Smiles for Sale –“Lotus”– a novel by Lijia Zhang
LOTUS is the first novel of Chinese writer Lijia Zhang, who began her working life at 16 in a factory that produced intercontinental missiles, taught herself English by listening to the music of The...
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What questions do “Women at the Top” ask? #FTWomen
Today after work I dropped into the Financial Times “Women at the Top” conference – held at a smart London hotel. There was a ballroom filled with 250 women – and an agenda that rolled swiftly...
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Skiers with tennis rackets. #Coachblog #Coaching
I start training on Wednesday to become an executive coach. I am excited and I am nervous because I am so keen to do this. The practice of “coaching” has fired my imagination. These are the best...
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The Square and the Tower #network #power
Hierarchies rule but networks innovate. Historian Niall Ferguson’s new book “The Square and the Tower” looks at how these two forms of power have co-existed through the ages. His point? In recent...
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My ears are open
I knew I would thrive on coaching – but this much? I now have a roster of BBC coaching clients in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Salford and London. I’m developing my niche. Identifying strengths. Focussing...
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