Bookshelf
INFLUENCE
Powerful communications, Positive Change
When you want to change the world, how do you get the world on board?
This is the communications playbook changemakers, entrepreneurs and aspiring leaders everywhere have been waiting for. It uniquely guides you through the Five Traits of Influence, step by step. You’ll activate your purpose, identify your audiences, build your brand, construct a communications plan and master core skills. These skills cover behaviour change, body language, persuasive conversations, killer content, storytelling, writing craft, PR and TED-standard public speaking.
Inside, you’ll find expert insights, practical tools and handy quick-reference summaries. Accompanying all this is your personal Influence Canvas, where you’ll plot your progress. Whether you’re flying solo or want to build up a business or movement, Influencewill become your go-to coach for leading positive change through powerful communications.
The Limey Project
A long, weird cycling odyssey into the heart of the USA
A comic, surreal and eye-opening true story capturing a 4,500 mile cycling adventure across the USA by two friends, accompanied by an invisible, talking bear.
The book’s descriptions of the people and places you’ll find in roadside America capture an intimate portrait of a country at an incredible time in its history. And the exploration of our individual motivations for adventure reveals a universal truth about being much more able than we often think we are. At the heart of the book is a simple message about the incredible power of the humble bicycle.
and other stories
curious tales of exactly 900 words
*****
My first collection of short fiction is now available to buy.
I challenged myself to write a short story of exactly 900 words, every month for three years. It was an exciting creative journey that also helped me to improve my work as a non-fiction / business writer. The result is this collection of tiny tales that answer some of life’s biggest questions. From sweary fables and ghost stories to science fiction and modern fairy tales about the world we live in. And from Pythonesque parodies to heartbreaking stories of love, you’ll find it all here, often in mind-bending proximity. Take it with you or shove it in your loo and consult whenever in need of delight, distraction or provocation.
"The quality that makes this collection so endearing is the broad range of topics, genres, and literary tools employed by the author. It's very much the writing of someone who writes for the enjoyment of it; while the stories here are marked by emotion, humor, insight, and literarily experimental ideas, none of them get too heavy-handed. It's a light journey through someone else's fun, and that fun is contagious."