Writing on confidence, resilience, communication and the psychology of performing under pressure, drawn from elite sport and high-achievement business.
Why the best CEOs think like elite athletes, and what the UK Budget could learn from the psychology of performing under pressure.
Who you are versus what you do: why tying your worth to results makes performance fragile, and how to build something steadier.
Confidence is not something you are born with. A formula for building it: control, presence and adaptability, drawn from Jimmy Carr and Jonny Wilkinson.
Why the most important growth happens in the place no one wants to be: the ugly zone, and how to keep going when things feel worse before they get better.
Why self-awareness is the edge that elevates performance in sport and business, and what working with a fearless young athlete revealed about its limits.
Lessons in pressure, precision and performing when it counts, from swapping sailing for rowing with Oxford Brookes University Boat Club at Henley Royal Regatta.
How high-performing teams build resilience: not born, but developed through intentional culture and practised responses. Three practical strategies from research and the field.
Why quality beats quantity in high-performance communication. What the science says about saying less, and saying it better, in sport and business.
The psychology of sustained success: why winning once creates its own performance cliff, and how to handle three-peats, broken streaks, and what comes next.
What LEGO teaches us about communication, mindset and meaning, and why building something with your hands can reach a clarity that talking and slides never do.
Do the titles we use, like expert and coach, get in the way of people seeking the support they need? A look at mindset, language and access to help.
Racing at both ends of the sailing spectrum, from 80ft superyachts to century-old wooden keelboats, and what it reveals about performance, size and skill.