The team building event focused on developing mutual understanding between members of the team and how adapt yourself to get the best out of others. As the event facilitator I was very happy with how people engaged and the learning conversations that took place...

For my recently published book Relationology I could have organised a large launch event to which I invited lots of people I know well. Instead I turned to a handful of people and asked each of them if they would host a small event and invite...

Bob sat on the toilet and reached to the pile of magazines and comic books placed there for just such an occasion. It was a clothing catalogue that caught his eye and that he began to puruse. Bob was more than impressed with what he saw and as a film maker thought 'Woh! If they can do this in a catalogue imagine what they could do on film...

It all started by accident. My wife and I were meandering through an exhibition with our young child when a photographer stopped us and offered to take a family portrait. We were hooked. Now came the challenge of finding a photographer who could annually coax our growing family into smiling simultaneously...

From 2000-2004 I served, in my spare time, as a local government councillor in Wimbledon. It didn’t take long after being elected before people jokingly started introducing me as 'Councillor Bird!’. What did surprise me though, was how long after I had stopped being a councillor that people still introduced me that way, whether it was being introduced at a party or as a keynote speaker...

Time management is one of those life challenges that we never graduate from. There are broadly two schools of thought for managing time. The first is focused on trying to achieve a balance of work and life, it requires the compartmentalisation of life between personal, professional and other categories and then the allocation of limited time according to your priorities. The second recognises that there...

The one reality TV show I really enjoy is The Voice. The first round of the competition is my favourite where singers perform to a judging panel whose chairs are turned away so they cannot see the contestant and therefore judge them on their voice alone...

A good friend invited me to a boys boating weekend on his cruiser (my wife calls it a car boat!) around the South West coast. I’m not an experienced mariner but I am always keen to try something new, so when the opportunity emerged for me to take to the helm I jumped at the chance. As I learnt the basics of navigation I hadn’t realised how important landmarks were...

'Finding Your True North' was the theme of the conference that I was involved in delivering. The objective was to help participants clarify their core values and beliefs as well as their sense of life direction. The crunch point came when participants were invited to...

One of the UKs big four accountancy firms recently closed every office for a day and brought together every member of staff ranging from secretaries to executives. The staff were invited to a world class venue with 'A list' celebrity entertainers and all the frills - a experience that cost in excess of £10million...