Catastrophe theory, or slippery slope?

by | Dec 3, 2025 | Articles

Life Consultants About me What I offer you What might happen next Insights Catastrophe theory, or slippery slope? Catastrophe Theory is an amusing mathematical wheeze which posits an abrupt and probably unexpected switch. Developed by French mathematician René Thom in...

You cannot erase remembered pain

by | Nov 26, 2025 | Articles, Personal

Life Consultants About me What I offer you What might happen next Insights You cannot erase remembered pain Fred Hertzberg was an American psychologist well known in the 60s for his sensible theories and recommendations around job satisfaction and productivity; he was...

Failure, Fault and Blame

by | Nov 26, 2025 | Articles, Business, Personal

Life Consultants About me What I offer you What might happen next Insights Failure, Fault and Blame Ah, this old hobby horse. If only more people rode it (dodgy metaphor, but let it go). Mostly, the meanings and values seem to be misunderstood. Failure means...

Father Brown

by | Nov 26, 2025 | Articles, Business, Personal

Life Consultants About me What I offer you What might happen next Insights Father Brown G.K. Chesterton’s character Father Brown was inclined to say “It isn’t that they can’t see the solution; it is that they can’t see the problem”....

Keeping staff informed. If not, why not?

by | Nov 26, 2025 | Articles, Business

Life Consultants About me What I offer you What might happen next Insights Keeping staff informed. If not, why not? If you’re an employee, do you know what’s going on? If you’re a manager, do you share with your team? If a business is not doing well,...

What you can’t put in the book

by | Nov 26, 2025 | Articles, Personal

Life Consultants About me What I offer you What might happen next Insights What you can’t put in the book In a discussion about biographies somebody said “The problem with the autobiography is that you can’t include the important truths until...