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Send us Fan Mail Dilemmas of leadership Chapter one The revisor’s dilemma. What to leave out I’ve finished a careful examination of chapter 1 of Dilemmas of Leadership, edition 3.  Two important issues to be considered.  What to leave out  The basic chapter structure. An unexpected dilemma. What to leave out? My notes already suggest clarifications and improvements. But I am contracted to produce...

Send us Fan Mail @DrAnnieHickox Kirstie Allsopp reported to social services for allowing son, 15, to travel abroad I am no fan of the woman, but for god’s sake, reporting her to social services for allowing her 15 year old to travel abroad with a friend is beyond absurd. @revpaulwhite When I was about 10 I once got a train from Essex to London on my own. I have retrospectively reported my parents...

Send us Fan Mail Toxic Masculinity: The Andrew Tate story and the Southport riots Saturday 24 August,  2024 My attention was captured this morning by a post on X once known as Twitter  I firmly believe that toxic masculinity played a large part in the failure of the UK's Brexit negotiations. our chief negotiators went in for a fight rather than a compromise and simply got outthought. We fritt...

Send us Fan Mail Dilemmas of Leadership Edition 4 Audio note book. Introductory Materials These notes are intended to help me to write a the fourth edition of my textbook Dilemmas of Leadership. I hope that by sharing these notes I will be able to receive feedback so that the learning may be extended to the general challenge of writing a new addition of other textbooks. I am thinking of the projec...

Send us Fan Mail In the recent Olympic Games the athletes have often talked about visualisation and how it helped them achieve their goals. I report on an experiment in which I attempt to remember a task I often forget to my subsequent inconvenience ... Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!  Email everydaycreativity...

Send us Fan Mail As the games reaches its spectacular concluding ceremonies in Paris, its future remains unclear. The undoubted success of these games have been marred by the controversy over the opening ceremony, and over the boxing legitimacy of the medals won by Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting and Algeria’s Imane Khelif.  Both boxers have been subjected to abuse on social media and speculation about their...

Send us Fan Mail Looking back, the highlights of week one were its dramatic and controversial opening ceremony. Then there was the emergence of the superstar of the games for the home crowds, swimming superstar 22 year old Léon Marchand who won four gold medals.   The other highlights for me were the sensational 100 metres final, in which US the American Noah Lyles won the event  by five-thousandt...

Send us Fan Mail Dominated by the political scene in England and America, and the final of the Football competition in Europe ... Sky’s Beth Rigby I asked @Keir_Starmer about Saka’s goal in Eng v Switz on plane: “That was classic Bukayo cuts in from the right & that shot is absolutely classic – inside of the post – I’ve seen it so many times. And I’d remind you, England have not missed a penal...

Send us Fan Mail The Wire Cage is a tennis court on which a body of a tennis player is discovered in mysterious and baffling circumstances. Carr is famous for his 'Impossible crime' plots, and this is one of his most baffling.  Highly recommended, and not just to tennis players. Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our n...

Send us Fan Mail A knock on the door. Two boys, aged 10-11. 'Do you want to buy a book?' 'How much?'  I asked ...  Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!  Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up! Follow Tudor on Twitter @ Tudortweet Follow Tudor's blogs: everydaycreativity.uk leadersw...

Send us Fan Mail What's the difference between chess positions and chess problems? You will have come across chess puzzles and chess positions recommended as ways of improving your chess, maybe on the internet. But what's the difference?  I explain and suggest how both are valuable as study aids. Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by s...

Send us Fan Mail Olympic notebook  2 August 2024 The Olympic Games begin on Sunday 28th of July in torrential rain and with a controversial opening ceremony, even before a metre is run or swum, pedalled or galloped. A media howl of anger persists for several days @aboujahbah This is utterly disgusting. They flirt with pedophilia in the opening ceremony of olympics where zionist child killers are p...

Send us Fan Mail Dilemmas of Leadership  Dealing with false news. The Southport children’s murders and subsequent rioting There is a wide range of leadership challenges produced by new technology. Today’s leaders faces challenges includind false news which seem connected to conspiracy theories. An example this week followed a murderous attack on children In a dance class in Southport Merseyside in...

Send us Fan Mail Why Donald Trump reminds me of Coyote in Navajo myth Coyote, in Navajo myth, is known among other names as the First Liar.  Coyote is a key figure in Navajo mythology. Of  all its figures, Coyote is a shadowy figure that can be funny or fearsome. Coyote is greedy, vain, foolish, cunning and also occasionally displays a degree of power. The view of Coyote in folk belief is generall...

Send us Fan Mail The Olympic Games begin. What they can teach us about politics, and vice-versa. Friday 26 July, 2024 The Olympic Games begin in Paris with a spectacular show. The presidential campaign in America reaches its own climax. The more you think about it the more similarities you see between the two events. They are both very expensive if you want to achieve the highest result. They can...

Send us Fan Mail Dilemmas of leadership President Biden resolves his most significant dilemma Thursday 25 July, 2024 Yesterday President Biden announced to the nation his decision not to stand for a second term in office. It provides an explanation to the story of a monumentous decision, rarely taken by a President.  Let’s take it at face  value as the story Biden wants to tell, the foundation ste...

Send us Fan Mail The Guinness Book of Records and the compression of creativity. There is a celebration of the large scale in the creative product across many contexts. It reminds me of the celebration of the record breaking achievements found in the Guinness book of records. The human achievement is justified by its scale rather than its worth on any other dimension. Heaviest train pulled with be...

Send us Fan Mail The Coronation of Kamala. ‘Yes she can’  Tuesday 23 January 2024 The headline in the Metro newspaper “Yes she can" plays on the "Yes we can" slogan used by former president Barack Obama in 2008  This has been a week dominated by an upheaval in American politics. On Sunday, the simmering crisis facing President Biden erupted with the announcement that he would not be...

Send us Fan Mail The failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump last Sunday was marked by his miraculous escape and a moment captured in an iconic photograph showing a bloodied and defiant Trump beneath a perfectly positioned American flag. Within hours, the image had gone viral, and was appearing on consumer products. The world’s media proclaimed what had taken place as a critical incident, and...

Send us Fan Mail Requiem for a dream. Spain 2 England 1 Social media capture the thoughts and emotions of a nation @WhitlallClive (Who describes himself as ‘once a Tory voter. Never going back there, but not yet quite convinced with labour. Seller of old things. Vegan. Wolves fan. Married to a Welsh dragon.) A tough night for #England fans but what a day to be Spanish!  David Baddiel  Spain were m...

Send us Fan Mail Could brainy birds play chess? How early should you start playing chess with your children? Sunday 14 July 2024 This morning, I listened to a BBC science programme about the research of Professor Nicky Clayton, who studies cognitive processes in crows, and in other birds showing exceptional problem solving skills.  These creatures also have better development than other birds, in...

Send us Fan Mail @TollytB I've just been chatting to my neighbour, and he thinks his wife is a kleptomaniac. "She should take something for it." @deelomas My husband just called to say he saw a fox on his way to work.  I asked him how he knew the fox was on his way to work.  He hung up on me… Visual wit from @RookieRedhead First cartoon Buddha surrounded by acolytes Acolytes: what m...

Send us Fan Mail Wednesday 3 July 2024 Tomorrow it will be all over, after six weeks of campaigning leaving the general public weary of political promises and cockups.  With a burst of relief I begin to record how it all ends, drawing on the wit and wisdom provided by the twitterati, and with a little help from the so called MSN.    @WhoTargetsMe When labour campaign director Morgan McSweeney conc...

Send us Fan Mail Wit and Wisdom Early July Unsurprisingly, this wit and wisdom edition has a political flavour during the run-up to the British general election on July 4. A special general election edition is planned for that date. @henrywinter Abbreviated from a long and heart-cry of anguish by a football journalist over England’s last qualifying match at the Euros.  The heat was on here, and no...

Send us Fan Mail A non chess-playing friend of mine often asks me is there a special move that gives white an advantage in chess. I was reminded of this question when it appeared on the Quora website. Here's how it was answered.... Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!  Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to s...