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
Blueberry Productions - Blueberry Productions make excellent business films. Try ours out: IOD FILM
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
The Musick Cabinet - This group play a variety of instruments to bring to life a selection of curious old classical, baroque, renaissance and mediaeval music. They have an eye (and ear) for the unusual in repertoire and instrumentation. Amongst their number is Dr Mike Alexander, who plays a variety of medieval instruments and avant-garde instruments such as the Theremin. We offer a range of musical experiences that blend these styles alongside rock and jazz improvisation.
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
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
