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• The Rituals of Dinner – Part II

  

  This is the second in a duo of posts inspired by reading The Rituals of Dinner by Margaret Visser. The first post can be found here. Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2018 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Rituals of Dinner – Part I

  

  Table manners – are they dead or alive? Getting better or getting worse over time?If you ponder these questions, then the above book is for you: The Ritual of... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2018 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Frazzled

  

  ‘It’s the spores – all that fungi floating around you – that’s what makes it so special.’We were discussing the virtues of ‘foresting bathing’, which involves... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2018 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hairy Business

  

  Over the past year or so, I have had the opportunity to work on projects in the ‘personal care’ category – think all things hair, skin and other forms of... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2018 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?

  

  This is the arresting title of an exhibition I saw at the Wellcome Collection. It was a more interesting experience than I had expected, but I am not convinced ... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2018 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Internet is Awesome!

  

  I know that the online world is no longer new but I recently had an experience which reminded me of how *cool* some of the things you can do online are. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2018 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sea Blindness

  

  This is the term that the chief of the Royal Navy has used to describe our attitude towards the great expanses of water that cover our planet. “We travel by... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2018 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• No, You Don’t See It

  

  What do you make of the rather enigmatic image above? Any clues as to what it might represent or where it could have been taken? Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2017 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• By Floral Design

  

  Can you think of any place or occasion when you have been able to go into a shop and order the same thing that you found there six years ago? Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2017 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Domestic Time Travel

  

  I work from home and thus tend to think rather a lot about domestic spaces. So perhaps it’s no surprise that my latest blog post here will relate my experience... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2017 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Duo of Posts on Physiological Introspection – Part II

  

  In the second part of these two posts on health/science books I have recently read, I will focus on Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2017 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Duo of Posts on Physiological Introspection – Part I

  

  Health and wellbeing are topics that you cannot ignore if interested in consumers and societies. At the level of the individual, feeling good in mind and body i... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2017 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Watching Birds

  

  I’ve got a confession to make: I’m into bird watching.Now, what are you thinking?That I am perhaps a bit weird, a bit of a geek, a fuddy duddy nerd…?Let me try... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2017 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Through the Keyhole

  

  Time for another photo essay. This time I have some images from a visit to Eltham Palace. Eltham has a fascinating history: in its original incarnation, it was ... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2017 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Homo Deus

  

  In an earlier post, I gave some thoughts on Yuval Noah Harari’s first book Sapiens. Though I don’t normally like to read books by the same author, preferring... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2017 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Something Goes Wrong at Work, What Happens?

  

  The answer to this question is explored in Matthew Syed’s book, Black Box Thinking, which proposes that we could benefit from embracing our mistakes and learnin... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2017 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weapons of Math Destruction

  

  There is much chatter about corporate social responsibility but little deep thinking about more complex moral concepts. This is what struck me as I read a... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2017 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Going Fast and Slow

  

  Streamlined, friction-free, hassle-free, speedy, smooth.The list could go on – what I hope these adjectives capture is how, in some elements of retail, there... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2017 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Putting Big Money in the Little Things That Make a Difference

  

  I have had the opportunity to do a number of projects in areas different to my usual diet of FMCG-relevant global consumer perspectives. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2017 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• The New Design Museum – Photo Essay

  

  Something visual for a change….This week I had the opportunity to pay a visit to the Design Museum, moved from its old site in London Bridge to a newly... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2016 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION