Training intensity for Masters Rowing with Dr Charlie Simpson

Excited to share this episode of the Faster Podcast, this time with Dr Charlie Simpson. Charlie is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science at Oxford Brookes University and well known for his publications. The Complete Guide to Indoor Rowing and Advanced Rowing. In this episode, Charlie and I cover the following topics and…

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Recommended Reading List – Spring 2021

These are my most gifted and go to books that I recommend to others. Sports Books The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership, by Bill Walsh Advanced Rowing, by Charlie Simpson & Jim Flood Rowing Faster by Volke Nolte  Advanced Rowing Biomechanics, By Valéry Kleshnev Challenging beliefs, Tim Noakes Healthy Intelligent Training,…

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October reading sorted

The Fifth Discipline. The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization, by Peter Senge. Helping leaders to understand ‘systems thinking’ and how organisations can tap into the collective consciousness of their people to drive transformative change in complex business environments. As Senge makes clear, in the long run the only sustainable competitive advantage is your…

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Reading & Listening this week

Podcasts The Big Sort Seth Godin presents why taxonomy matters. I use taxonomy (the practice and science of classification) every day in business, especially in strategic and transformation sessions. Albeit we use different nouns to refer to taxonomy, like; ‘segmentation’, ‘personas‘, ‘customer archetypes‘. Always good to hear how Seth clarifies and help us to remember what we…

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Reading and listening this week

Books I’m reading Appreciative inquiry for change management; Sarah Lewis, Jonathan Passmore & Stefan Cantore Long Lift; Vyacheslav Ivanov Swiss democracy in a nutshell Podcasts I’m listening to This is Akimbo; Seth Godin The Cycling Podcast

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Perhaps it’s time for a different approach?

“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence, it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” Peter Drucker The more complicated the organization, the more difficult it is to understand what is really happening within and for the customer. Perhaps it’s time to simplify our approach and focus on cooperation and collaboration? More…

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