📝 Writing

Tickets

Tickets Podcast: University Ventures' Daniel Pianko on new opportunities in higher education

Listen now: Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tickets/id1336642615?mt=2&uo=4]|Castbox [https://castbox.

04 Feb

Entrepreneurial Endeavours

Employee of the Month

It’s really easy to let our inner critic run riot. The negative self-talk, the comparison trap, that nagging feeling

01 Feb

The Tension

Should you be Standing Out, or Fitting In?

One of the risks that comes with flying solo in your career – whether as a freelancer, consultant or other kind

31 Jan

Mindsets & Growth

Rules of the Game

The first exercise in this wonderful little cartooning and illustration book is to draw an oval with three lines through

30 Jan

Coaching

Finding mentors & advisors: 1:1 or a roster?

A couple of weeks ago I attended a really interesting seminar at Orbital here in NYC. The hosts Gary and

29 Jan

Battle Scars

Avicii: True Stories: A tale of tragedy, excess, indifference, and home truths

Originally released in 2017, the documentary film ‘Avicii: True Stories’, charting the career and personal life of Swedish DJ and

29 Jan

Entrepreneurial Endeavours

The key to spreading your ideas

In last week’s episode of his Akimbo podcast, Seth Godin tells a story about blue tit birds. You can

29 Jan

The Tension

Trade-offs

A lot of life seems to be about trade-offs. Experimentation / Focus Enough / Perfect Altruism / Business Creativity / Critique Smart / Casual Risk

29 Jan

Coaching

Trust, Lock-in and Switching Costs for Coaches, Consultants, and Advisors

This is post is about lock-in. Let’s get the Urban Dictionary definition out of the way first (it’s

28 Jan

Tickets

Tickets podcast: Marc Lewis on running the world's most awarded advertising school

Listen now: Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tickets/id1336642615?mt=2&uo=4]|Castbox [https://castbox.

27 Jan

Entrepreneurial Endeavours

What do they remember you by?

Positioning, Storytelling and Epitaphs for building a network and career One of the inevitable obligations for celebrities launching a new

25 Jan

Portfolio Career

When is it hard to do, or easy to finish?

This can often be the case for freelancers doing work for a client. Hard to do as it’s not

25 Jan

Coaching

5 common myths about coaching

During my journey into coaching, first as a client and then as a coach, I’ve spent quite a bit

23 Jan

Resources

Workshop Slide Deck (guided): Lifecycles in products, companies, and careers

Introduction This is a workshop session I designed and facilitated in Summer 2018 (annotated and abbreviated version, with some classroom

22 Jan

Tickets

On the guestlist: Making season 1 of the Tickets podcast

A few weeks ago I received an email from someone telling me they’d just finished the whole season of

21 Jan

Tickets

Tickets Podcast: SXSW's Todd Hansen on live event programming and spotting talent & trends

Listen now: Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tickets/id1336642615?mt=2&uo=4]|Castbox [https://castbox.

21 Jan

How-To Guides

My Podcast Gear: recording, editing, and publishing

I’ve learned a lot from creating a podcast series [https://www.howardgray.net/podcast/]: from asking good questions and

20 Jan

Stage Left

Why Penn & Teller ignored the audience

One of Penn Jillette’s least favourite terms in show business is ’this works’. It’s easy to let the

18 Jan