Tom Peters! – The daddy of them all – Tom is a frothy feisty tall, spunky, mouthy business guru. Easy to knock what he says but hard to come up with anything better!
Gordon Poole Talent Agency - Our listing for corporate speaking events
Bill Nelson – Enigmatic master of guitar and a great artist. A cult figure indeed but that is sometimes the price you pay to be authentic. Bill has a masterclass on art, guitars and existentialism every year called Nelsonica. Very special indeed. Read Bill’s book ‘Diary of a Hyperdreamer’ for an insight into the mind of a continuously creative person
Offbeat Training – The brainchild of Lenn Millbower – Lenn is an American genius of accelerated learning using music – he has a great e-zine full of ideas to perk up your meetings and events
Laurie Ruetimann - Laurie Ruetimann is an HR pro and business satirist with a great sense of humour and a fantastic blog
Campbell American Guitars - Custom built and hand crafted guitars lovingly created by Dean Campbell and his team
Creativity Unleashed – Brian Clegg is a great author on creativity. A physicist by background. Brian and Peter (who is a chemist) offer a great double act ‘The Physics of Motivation and the Chemistry of High Performance’
Richard Strange – Inspiration behind Pop-Art-Punk group The Doctors of Madness, who had a great influence on many modern acts. Mr Strange is very enigmatic indeed. Read his book ‘Strange’ for an insight into his hedonistic life
M1 Creativity – David Weeks is an astro-physicist, worked in Abbey National in various roles including the role of Corporate Jester. Check his site out which offers a number of algorithms, tips and provocations on creativity
Business Balls - Lots of great resources on this site - a place to share learning
The Leadership Hub - Phil Dourado's global leadership networking site based on his book 'The 60 second leader'
Stellar Learning - Stella Learning transforms Training and Learning - especially if it's tough, technical or tortuous! They are passionate about brain friendly learning and excellent communication
ABECEDER - An entrepreneurial business and HR consultancy - the brainchild of Michael Millward
Standup Creative – Elvin Box is an improvisational genius. He works with Peter from time to time, bringing his own unique brand of creativity, drama and performance to business.
School of Rock – Great movie site
The College of Public Speaking - Great 1:1 and group speaking coaching and development
Phil Beadle - Guardian Columnist, Punk Rock Teacher and author of 'Could Do Better' - Phil's speciality is turning around schools
People Matters - Scottish based business coaching and development group - I have used them and they are highly recommended
Spinal Tap – Great accounts of the spoof rockumentary that is Spinal Tap - many transferable business lessons
Andrew Elmslie Productions – Andrew’s speciality is video production for Rock bands but he also does high quality DVD production mostly in the education sectorFaculty videos
YouTube ROCKS! - Our own You Tube website with some fun resources and light relief video material
Academies we like - aka Venues that ROCK!
Cotswold Conference Centre - An ideal place to meet, less than 2 hours from London and only 1 hour from Oxford, Bristol & Birmingham. Set within 300 acres of parkland. 53 ensuite bedrooms and leisure facilities, Cotswold Conference Centre offer a totally unique residential venue where you can create.
InQbate - The Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Creativity is a joint initiative between the University of Sussex and the University of Brighton building on their excellent track record of collaborating in the areas of design, innovation and creativity. InQbate offers a technology-rich environment that supports the creative process, in both science and arts subjects
