I spent the weekend down by the sea. It is Dad’s birthday and we all met for a meal. In the morning I walked by the sea to get my morning coffee. There’s something about the sea that has a restorative effect on my weary soul. Is it the sound of the waves crashing against… Read more

I was in my company Field kick Off a couple of weeks ago and so many of my colleagues came up to me to say “I saw or visited a lighthouse on vacation and I thought of you”. It was nice to think people see a lighthouse and they think of me. I have always… Read more

It is 06:41, bleary eyed I look up from my screen to get a moment to think. I have spent the last three days and nights in Amsterdam. A weekend away with Melanie (My wife of 27 years). We are headed back on the Eurostar. What a wonderful few days, we visited the Rijk’s museum,… Read more

Tom Stoppard wrote once “We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.” Do you ever feel like life is too fast, that your life is full… Read more

In a bid to stay out of the way while Mrs CS cleans the house I agreed to work from a Starbucks with my daughter Natty for Sunday morning. I forgot how much I enjoyed this vibe. I used to love working from a coffee shops but have not for ages. I forgot how I… Read more

Have you ever seen a sign like the one above? They are usually near a playing field, or a disused parking space. It says ‘no Dumping’ that is a pretty good motto for writing in general and certainly this blog. Even if you do not identify yourself as a writer, you are! You write hundreds… Read more

If I get one question more than any other it is. how do you find the time to read so much. The advice I give is simple but I wanted to share how any of us can read more than we do right now. The barriers for not reading more than you read right now… Read more