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01/08/2025

Starting soon on the Northern Beaches!

Personal or professional growth. 😀

19/06/2025

It’s like watching the first act of Henry V

18/06/2025

You know the moment.
- Presentation coming up.
- Stakeholder showdown.
- Job interview with a lot riding on it.
You’ve done the work - you know what you’re doing.
Now the pressure's on, and you’re suddenly unsure how to start, what to focus on, or how to make it land.
And that’s when people start to drift:
– They ramble.
– They freeze.
– They try to sound impressive instead of answering the question in the audience’s mind.
The real issue isn’t what you know — it’s how well you say what you mean, and mean what you say.
That’s what this is for:
👉 The CARDS Structured Narrative Builder - *the link is in the comments*
15 simple questions that help you think from multiple perspectives:-
- What’s really going on here?
- What could be achieved?
- What is truly at stake and what should be done?.. and you receive a persuasive narrative, structured and sharp, sent to your inbox.
The narrative is useful - first draft, ice-breaker, clear argument - but look for the value created by the process itself:-
- You slow down.
- You notice your assumptions.
- You start to speak from a clearer, more grounded place.
It’s the same method I use when I teach leadership communication and work with professionals on high-stakes messaging — across sectors, industries, and pressure points.
Use it when:
- You need to say something important and don’t want to stuff it up
- You want to sound like yourself, not a slide deck
- You’re trying to shift hearts and minds, gears and careers.
Free to use. No login. No gimmicks.
Just a sharp, well-designed experience that helps you think and speak with impact.
Try it the link in the comments...
Or message me for the one-page explainer.
You're at your best, when you sound like yourself.

29/05/2025

How senior leaders can stay composed, strategic, and effective—even when everything around them is shifting.

In a world where AI is redrawing job descriptions, geopolitics is fragmenting markets, and trust is in short supply, most leaders are stuck in a cycle of reaction.

This article introduces The Strategic Shift—a practical, high-clarity model to break that cycle. It shows how to stabilise your focus, activate your influence, and optimise your performance—without burning out, backing down, or selling out.

How do high-level leaders make real progress when the ground is always shifting? Before I ever stepped onto a corporate stage, I trained as a professional actor. I learned that real performance isn’t about pretending.

31/01/2025

Learning to Learn! I made this video to illuminate the common emotional dynamics when learning new skills. It's not a "how-to-ski" video, but rather a "how-to-learn" video, with some embarrassing skiing thrown in.

30/09/2024

Ben Radford is presenting at Skepticon XL - November 23-24. 🤓

30/09/2024

We're helping Australian Skeptics wrangle their AV and marcoms for this year's Skepticon XL. Here's one of the fab presenters inviting you to come along.

This is "Skepticon - Alanta Colley V3" by COUP on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

25/09/2024

If you want to crack the code on customer satisfaction, employee morale, and bottom-line results, consider the power of sharpening a coherent narrative for your leadership team that creates meaning and purpose in every role.

23/09/2024

The data breach, the integrity scandals, ongoing public dissatisfaction directed at g , the Seven Network, Leisure and the and casinos, it’s not a matter of if, but when your organisation will face a public reputation crisis. Whether it’s due to a security breach, governance failure, climate-related service disruptions, or even corporate sabotage, the stakes are higher than ever.
A strong, coherent crisis response is essential to maintaining trust and protecting your brand.
Is your leadership team ready to act with clarity when it matters most? 💡 Let’s prepare together.
💬 Book a meeting today to safeguard your corporate reputation before the storm hits.

21/09/2024

Is the All Blacks left side covered? Did you look twice at the cameraman, the assistant, and the security guy.

17/09/2024

In a world that feels increasingly chaotic, Coherence enables us to navigate uncertainty and avoid the disorder that seems to be lurking - sometimes just one election away.

Leaders need to be coherent and create coherence in the teams they lead. And here's a truth that we can't ignore: entertainers may win elections, but unless they are capable of coherence, they can’t lead effectively.