Neil Denny is a collaborative lawyer, trainer and author. He is the author of Conversational Riffs and The Collaborative Law Companion.

His third book, Grudgeology is currently being written. He is the Director of Learning and Development for allLD Ltd.

Neil has dedicated his work to equipping people to understand this thing called conflict, how it leads us to act and how we might be more effective in the face of it. The goal? To transform families, communities and organisations. Neil speaks frequently across England, Wales and North America.

He lives in Bath with his wife, two children. And their guinea pigs.

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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2011.

Watch Neil's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/neil-denny-how-to-enable-conflict

We are all in a pause now.

How do we make sense of that and how do we make the most of it?

How can we use this time constructively and creatively, to set new priorities or ask new questions?

How are we responding and how else might we respond?

Rob shares what he learned in writing his book ‘DO Pause’ to turn the  situation of being in lockdown during Covid-19 to our advantage.

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Recorded live as part of our online Live Lecture Series in 2020.

Watch Rob's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/rob-poynton-why-we-all-need-to-pause-right-now

James was a promising marine at the age of 20, one year later he was sentenced to 15 years to life after a deadly confrontation with a drug dealer. Prison became survival and the first few years he was in isolation, he shared a recreation yard with death row inmates, including Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams, founder of the notorious Crips gang in Los Angeles. When James was allowed to rejoin the prison’s general population in 1987, he took advantage of the opportunity to make more of his life.

Almost three years out of prison now, James smile tells the story. He completed his BS in psychology shortly after release, graduating summa cum laude. Now his days are filled with helping people from all walks of life as a drug and alcohol counsellor in Napa and Sonoma Counties, a career inspired by his mother, who passed away in 2012. He also serves as a lead facilitator for the Alternatives to Violence Project in Santa Rosa. In February James was honoured with the unsung hero award for compassion, presented to him by the Dalai Lama for his work founding a program in prison to tutor inmates.

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Recorded live at the global event in California, USA in 2014.

Watch James' full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/james-alexander-a-changed-man

Tim spent more than a decade in Fast Moving Consumer Goods, ending up as Client Services Director of the global advertising agency BBDO.

He then co-founded a retail business that achieved a turnover of £17 million. Selling the business in 1992, Tim has built up a portfolio of interests.

He set up, and Chairs, three Think Tanks for Chief Executives, including the Sports and Leisure Industry, with CEO from brands such as Nike, Reebok, and Adidas.

Tim’s latest book, published in 2009, entitled You Can Be As Young As You Think. It is an uplifting and practical guide to moving from Old Brained, anxious, defensive, closed, thinking, to Young Brained, creative, enthusiastic and open thinking.

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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2012.

Watch Tim's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/tim-drake-how-young-is-your-brain

Phil Parker is an internationally renowned lecturer, therapist and innovator in the field of personal development.

He has also changed the lives of thousands of people by designing the groundbreaking Lightning Process® seminars.

He has been lecturing in NLP, Self-hypnosis and Hypnosis, Life Coaching and Osteopathy, at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels, since the early 1980s.

He is the Director of The Phil Parker Training Institute where he researches and designs programmes, and trains students.

He is well known for his encouraging, entertaining and stimulating style of teaching, and his ability to break down complex ideas so that they are easily communicable and understandable.

Phil now runs an internationally renowned practice based in London; people from all over the world and all walks of life, including actors, celebrities and sports personalities are drawn to his practice and his work has been translated into a number of languages.

His core principle is that people are geniuses with amazing skills, qualities and talents, and he hopes he can help as many people as possible to find that out about themselves.

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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2010.

Watch Phil's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/phil-parker-why-the-words-you-say-to-yourself-matter

After studying at Oxford, Robert worked in a number of London best and most colourfully named advertising agencies before leaving to travel the world.

He ended up in Spain, from where he never quite made it home. A serendipitous meeting (in Portland, Oregon) gave him a way to make work into play (and play into work). The result was On Your Feet, which uses ideas and methods derived from improv theatre to help people work together better.

Robert Poynton is an Associate Fellow of Oxford University’s Saïd Business School where he contributes, using improvisation, to a number of executive leadership programmes.

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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2011.

Watch Rob's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/robert-poynton-beyond-control-a-complex-world-demands-the-ability-to-improvise

As a teenager unsure of what he wanted to do, Joe opted for something manly – Engineering.

Fed up with that, he jumped at the chance of a year’s work experience in Africa. Came back and moved to London. After a number of years, he knew he had to face up to what interested me most – human beings, their experiences, issues and directions in life.

He embarked on Counselling and Career Guidance courses. Over the years Joe has worked with a few thousand teenagers and adults helping them discover their own identity, thus empowering them to choose fulfilling, purposeful, personally meaningful and successful paths’ in life.

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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2011.

Watch Joe's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/joe-casey-how-school-leavers-can-learn-how-to-make-the-right-career-choice

Leaving years of Zen monastic training and yet keeping the vow to carry the Bodhisattva spirit, insight and kindness, into the world and workplace was her vision and aspiration.

Stepping out from a monastery into a corporate setting … unique courage.

Now recognised as a pioneer in integrating the principles and practices of Buddhist teachings into leadership development and organisational transformation.

Pam will share the teachings and impact of mindfulness in an accessible, down-to-earth practice that suits the unique issues and concerns of our time.

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Recorded live at the global event in California, USA in 2011.

Watch Pam's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/pam-weiss-presence

A breathwork session with Michael Townsend Williams, author of DO Breathe.

Your breath is the connection between your mind and body.

By changing your breathing, you can calm your mind, relax your body and refresh your energy levels.

Michael will share a number of useful breathing techniques to manage during these difficult times.

How to reset your breathing to recentre yourself.

How to find your optimum breathing rate to balance your nervous system.

How to energise yourself to get over a hump.

How to focus your mind to get stuff done.

How to relax deeply to switch off when you need to.

Learn how you can make your breath your constant companion, everyday.

Just find somewhere comfortable to sit - cross-legged, kneeling or seated in a chair - and do what you can to remove any distractions or background noise.

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Recorded live as part of our online Live Lecture Series in 2020.

Watch Michael's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/michael-townsend-williams-breathe-yourself-better

Long, slow, solo expeditions. Author. Speaker. Film maker. Educator. Trainee Psychotherapist. Mum to three donkeys.

Sarah Outen is an adventurer by land and sea. Her most recent major expedition was a 4.5-year bid to loop the planet using human power - rowing across oceans, cycling across continents and kayaking the bits in between. An advocate of getting outside, Sarah is all about sharing the good energy and spirit of the outdoors and adventure.

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Recorded live as part of our online Live Lecture Series in 2020.

Watch Sarah's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/sarah-outen-what-500-days-alone-on-the-ocean-taught-me-about-solitude