I provoke smart people who are tackling difficult problems to think better. Experienced at working with people in many organisations from University Vice Chancellors to professional owner-managers, and from chefs to sailing instructors, and many others.35+ years as an independent consultant working with international finance and fmcg companies, universities, building societies, police, health service, manufacturing companies, charities and not-for-profit organisations... Qualified Coach (post-graduate diploma [ILM 7] in executive coaching and mentoring. Qualified Coaching supervisor (post-graduate certificate [ILM 7] in Coaching Supervision). Member of Time to Think Global Faculty (qualified as Coach, Consultant and Teacher).Proud that a programme I co-designed and co-facilitate with Newcastle University (Unpacking Your Chair - programme for new Professors) won the Times Higher Education Award for outstanding contribution to Leadership Development (2012).My book, Shifting Stories: How changing their stories can transform people, was published in October 2016. It looks at how unconscious narratives can affect our behaviour, and what to do about that, in the context of organisational life.Specialities: Coaching, especially using Time To Think (tm) approaches; facilitating Thinking Environments; design and delivery of customised training events and processes; training others in the Thinking Environment; team development, team coaching and team healing; conflict resolution; using story (and the re-writing of it) as a tool for change; humour as a tool for change and learning.