A psychological approach to reducing speedingThe speed limit at Disney resorts is 14 mph. It’s not a predictable round number like 15 or 10, it’s precise— and I’m arguing that there is…Sep 6, 2024Sep 6, 2024
Where’s today’s Huxley vs. Wilberforce?Among the plethora of things that are dying out in Britain, there is one glimmering gem that threatens to be lost forever unless it’s used…Aug 1, 2023Aug 1, 2023
Words of Old English origin in powerful speechesSome years ago I remember reading about Churchill’s deliberate use of curt, Anglo-Saxon language in speeches where he wanted to generate an…Jul 22, 2023Jul 22, 2023
What Jonny Wilkinson Said About Survival ModeLast week I met Jonny Wilkinson at an event run by The Leaders’ Council. Below is my account of it, abridged and sectioned for your…Jul 20, 2023Jul 20, 2023
The Dying Art of DialogueNote: This is an AI-assisted article. I taught AI to understand my style and tone, and after I fed it my opinion on dialogue in movies, it…Jun 25, 2023Jun 25, 2023
Creating symbiotic relationships across the globe via value creationAside from branding, writing and such I am the founder of XP, a travel company that serves the cross-section of adventure, purpose and…Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
How Hotels Are Changing: Big Brands vs IndependentsWhy Big Brand Hotels Need To Act Like IndependentsJan 31, 2023Jan 31, 2023
Journalism is not PRComplaints about language are increasingly common sights on social media. The sensitivity around word choices reaches dizzy new heights…Jan 21, 2023Jan 21, 2023
Thoughts on ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’My immediate thoughts after reading this classic by HemingwayAug 31, 2022Aug 31, 2022
What’s the point of football?If you’re an English club, what’s the big dream? Is it the Premier League title? The Champions League? What’s the holy grail?Jan 27, 2021Jan 27, 2021
The Irishman — A Quick ResponseScorsese puts the class in classic. I can’t remember the last time I felt privileged to sit back and take in a movie; I knew I was being…Nov 23, 2019Nov 23, 2019
We’re All Losers in the Liam Neeson DebateI’m writing this because I find myself deeply disturbed and ashamed by the society we live in and particularly, the media which governs it…Feb 7, 2019Feb 7, 2019
Are you available?Firstly, let’s learn that the very word ‘available’ used to mean beneficial. As time passes by, definitions erode from their original…Nov 16, 2018Nov 16, 2018
How to discover your most powerful inner resourceWe are the sum of our reactions to good and bad things. You improve your dexterity in this by being forced to dig deep inside to retrieve…Nov 3, 2018Nov 3, 2018
People are PlanetsPeople are worlds of their own. They are planets. They have atmospheres, stratospheres, our Earth is 70% water, you are about 70% water…Jun 20, 2018Jun 20, 2018
Why ‘Arose’ Is The Best Rap Song of 2017Eminem’s new album crept out of the shadows and into the crowded trophy cabinet, almost automatically. He has reached a status in…Dec 18, 2017Dec 18, 2017
Govt. Offers Money For Actress MurderOnce more, man bears the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. It really is the kind of statement you’d expect from a species which is half…Nov 24, 2017Nov 24, 2017