This is what I’m doing NOW (April 2026)
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Planning 2nd series of Authentic Leadership Practice Sessions (ALPS) with Kingston Voluntary Action 2025 sessions here 3 minute video about the programme. Planning information sessions in July for charity CEOs from KIngston and neighbouring boroughs Delivery September - November 2026
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Twelve articles 'Live well in Turbulent Times' published May to July 2025 with Lisa Moldau, Lisa and I are now recording short videos ('Live Well in Turbulent Times - The Best Bits') to be published on Substack .
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With Third Sector Solutions Scotland colleagues to envision and plan a humanitarian / authentic leadership intervention for emerging charity leaders.
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SEE Well-being A fulfilling collaboration, prompted by the documentary “The eternal song” active exploration of 'joint efforts towards moving humanity to the call of meaningful and harmonious lives'. A group of a dozen international fellow travellers, Recent meeting focussed on Ayee a community in northern India 'longing... roots... values that sustained ancestors...emptiness... .the power of community-led conscious transformation' We are co-creating and are discovering what may emerge from our shared enthusiasm for social economic and environmental well-being worldwide. .
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Early stage Planning for Passing it On podcast series with Susan Ní Críodáin (see her award winning book 'Leading Beyond the Numbers') We met at 'The Reveal' Business Book Awards event in April 2025.
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With Emma Walker Founder and Director of Change The Chat which helps women who have been through workplace harassment, bullying and worse to move on from their pain. Setting up interviews and write their words to pass on their learning from their experiences.
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Weekly series of posts on LInkedIn - 'Wild Wednesdays' focussing on Charity CEO leadership advice from Good Leaders in Turbulent Times - How to Navigate Wild Waters at Work on ...1st and 3rd Wednesdays and A Thought for Thursdays on 2nd and 4th Thursdays. Planning til July.
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Good Leaders in Turbulent Times - How to Navigate Wild Waters at Work published by Practical Inspiration Publishing is out in The Wild. See photos of its adventures on mountain peaks ands elsewhere here .
The book is dedicated to '... all the leaders whom I will never know who, facing the challenges of turbulent times, are courageously aspiring to be the good leaders who will sustain a decent, just and civil society, so we can all live together well for the foreseeable future.' Self help for authentic leaders. On the day of publication in September 2024 it became an instant kindle best seller in UK (Three categories) and USA (two categories). See bottom of the page here Not a bad start :-). Buy the book HERE, here, here here and here
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Facilitated strategic planning sessions with the wonderful Youth Options in Hampshire UK. Strategy now approved.
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Convening online group started 2023 to share our responses to ‘Flowchart for navigating our climate predicament’. and the state of the world and our place in it With incisive logic and engaging gallows humour Andrew Boyd “sets us off on a quest to learn how to live with the ‘impossible news’ of climate breakdown”.
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Offering InnerVoice coaching for civil society CEOs in my home town KIngston upon Thames. Gift Economy not Market Economy
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Since 2022 convening the virtual global network with other CPF | Emeritus facilitators . Certified™ Professional Facilitator | Emeritus. Participants across 17 time zones so we have 'one' meeting in 'two' parts.
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With Patricia, Susanne, Ramey and Scott, nourished by our deep sharing in the Live Well, Die Wise deep listening group.
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Coordinating monthly 'R' Word gathering with The Experience Network (R - 'retirement' rejuvenation' 're-directing' 're-trying' etc etc). Seven of us. Meet every month or so since June 2021.
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Redesigning our little garden with help from Johanna. What a pleasure. A little place to grow calm in a noisy world. Installing rainwater harvesting system; trying to work out how we can instal solar
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I've signed up for a 24 hour team Swim (8 of us, taking turns) in Shepperton Lake in June 2026. To support Living Water]
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Enjoying learning German Spanish French. Have joined the CoffeeBreakClub which is fabulous and is helping me to learn to love German grammar and improve my Spanish and French. Learning every day since September 2025. Planning to host a local Mesa Española to practice with other learners.
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As part of my life long journey inwards I have just booked a week retreat in France in July 2026. Also learning Buddhist teaching in the Plum Village tradition.