TudoRama is a podcast about the nature and practice of creativity, examined across the arts, sciences, politics and everyday life. It is hosted by Tudor Rickards, Emeritus Professor of Creativity and Organizational Change at the University of Manchester, who draws on a long career in chemistry, management research and writing. Episodes connect his academic work on creativity and innovation with current affairs and practical questions about how creative thinking works. Rickards also brings in his wider interests, including sports management, leadership and his fictional University of Urmston stories.
Episodes
Lived Once, buried twice: An Irish Folk Tale
Send us Fan MailLived once, buried twice. An Irish Folk tale.This gripping story has been installed into Irish folk culture to explain a strange headstone in the little town of Lurgan, in Northern Ireland…Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up!Follow Tudor on Twitter @T
I seek help from a therapist
Send us Fan MailThis audio note is a draft prepared for a book that I am writing on artificial intelligence and creativity. In this note prepared on Sunday, the 8th of November, I’ve given it the titleI seek help from a therapistStay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up!Fo
Why Trumpism Failed: Anthony Scaramucci's Obituary Note
Send us Fan MailAnthony Scaramucci, a former senior official in Donald Trump‘s administration as the White House communications director, lasted a near record-breaking 11 days in office. The time had led him to make public criticisms of Donald Trump and other officials.Since his dismissal, Scaramucci has continued in the role of a leading critic of his former employer…Stay up-to-date with all of T
What's in an Exclamation Mark? When not to use them.
Send us Fan MailIn preparing this podcast, I have had assistance from ChatGPT, my electronic writing companion. It has helped me develop the ideas and shape the argument, although, as you will discover, we don’t always agree — even about the use of an exclamation mark!It has helped me to work with ChatGPT, if I act as if dealing with a member of a team, which for reasons I will not go into here I
Citizen Kane wins the 2026 Ballon d’Or
Send us Fan MailAt an event emphasising its self-importance, The Ballon d'Or is an award presented annually by the French magazine France Football to honour the player judged to have performed the best over the previous season.The event degenerated into one all too reminiscent of recent darts or boxing events.Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs comme
My Cyber Attack of Nerves
Send us Fan MailI open the door to my kitchen chiller to detect signs of life. I didn’t need to check. No light. I was experiencing one of the outages warned about by the government over the weekend.Storm damage has resulted in electricity outages around the country. Direct exploration outside confirmed stormy conditions and a blustering gale…Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blo
"As a Jew..." A Rabbi's response to the President
Send us Fan MailA rabbi's response to our President calling Jews "lacking knowledge and disloyal" if they vote Democratic.Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up!Follow Tudor on Twitter @TudortweetFollow Tudor's blogs:everydaycreativity.ukleaderswedes
Internet Breakdown: The Dark Forces Strike Back
Send us Fan MailThis week, much of the Internet broke down, highlighting once again how vast parts of the web depend on a relatively small number of companies.Conspiracy theorists have drawn attention to cyber warfare as an imminent threat…Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to
The Jackdaw Gas Field: A Dilemma of Leadership
Send us Fan MailThe government’s decision to allow development of the Jackdaw gas field illustrates a recurring dilemma of leadership: how to reconcile competing priorities when each has legitimate claims. The pursuit of energy security and economic interests sits in tension with concerns about global warming and the transition away from fossil fuels…Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcas
I learn to search with Chat GBT
Send us Fan MailI am conducting my apprenticeship learning how to use ChatGPT. One of my first trials demonstrated how the process works. My problem was identifying a new local Business, which I believed to be some kind of music club.My conversation with ChatGPT went something like the following, which I have slightly abbreviated…Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current
“We were only obeying orders”
Send us Fan MailIn this post, I’m quoting extensively from the work of Emmanuel Kant. It is a difficult listen, and I can only claim to grasp more and more of its significance after several readings…Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up!Follow Tudor on Twitter @Tudortw
"Throwing yourself into the dark" Commentary on a conversation with Anne Carson
Send us Fan MailTudor RickardsI read and comment on an interview given by Anne Carson in *The Paris Review*. She talks about writing, understanding between people, translation, as well as hesitation, contradiction, and time. The interview gained attention after Anne Carson received the 2026 Nobel Prize for Poetry.Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commenta
The Blood Lust of the Trump Administration
Send us Fan MailThis week saw the announcement that the execution of Nidal Hasan, who shot dead 13 unarmed US soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, is to be live streamed to the American public.It is believed this would be the first public execution in the US in almost a century. The decision to livestream it is "unprecedented in the modern era" and "on uncertain legal terrain," said
Kemi is very Marmite
Send us Fan MailIn early autumn in the UK, each political party holds a conference. This is the context in which Conservative leader and Prime Minister in waiting Kemi Badenoch makes her speech today.These events are primarily intended to whip up approval for the party faithful. This time-honoured process is now screened for wider consumption. For many years interest has been focused on the two m
The Chess Season bursts into life
Send us Fan MailThis informal audio message is intended for members of East Cheshire Chess Club who are now gearing up for the new season. A special welcome to new members.It may be of interest to others for its insights into workings of a typical enthusiastic but not always successful Club.Several books have been written about the fictionalised happenings to a mythical club East Cheadle…As August
A General Election soon seems inevitable
Send us Fan Mail30 September 2025A General Election in the UK soon seems inevitable.That’s the startling conclusion reached by the respected political commentator Lord Adonis immediately after Andy Burnham’s speech to the Labour Party Annual Conference.His analysis appeared in Prospect, which I have always found one of the UK’s more balanced political journals…Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor&ap
Auf Wiedersehen, Angela Merkel
Send us Fan MailAt her retirement as German Chancellor, an entire nation to the homes and balconies to applaud for six minutes. it was a unique tribute to a unique womanStay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up!Follow Tudor on Twitter @TudortweetFollow Tudor's blogs:e
Living rent free in your head
Send us Fan MailI came across the expression recently and wondered where it originated. My latest research assistant ChatGPT informed me that the earliest documented print version appears in Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski's 1988 book Living Each Day. It says:“Hanging on to resentments is letting someone you don't like live rent-free inside your head.” The phrase became widely associated with t
DeepSeek: The Chinese AI App that has the world talking
Send us Fan MailA BBC technology report last year drew attention to an open source AI system that is quietly becoming a major competitor to the emerging Western mega products.The controversy over DeepSeek has arisen because of accusations on intellectual property theft and its operation with strict political control.According to the BBC, DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence app that is ra
Normative Frameworks as a means of studying AI developments
Send us Fan MailRecently, the potential for global chaos through rogue AI actions has become headline news. This week, In mid September 2026, the news reported on the concerns of leading figures of the largest AI organisations. The king of England brought them together in a meeting urging responsible actions.While browsing the literature , I came across reference to normative frameworks as a metho
Dear Mr President
Send us Fan MailThis audiotape is a transcript translated into English of an open letter written to President Trump by the distinguished Russian director and author Eduard Topol. The letter was widely circulated on the Internet on September 13 2026.Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gm
MacGillycuddy's Reeks: The creation of a folk ballad (1)
Send us Fan MailMacGillycuddy's Reeks: The Creation of a Folk BalladMacGillycuddy's Reeks is a ballad about a young woman abandoned on the eve of her wedding. This is the audio note I made in turning an idea into a poem, on Friday 11 September 2026.Before I wrote a word of the poem, I wanted to imagine it as being sung by a young Irish folk singer, to whom I gave the nameSheilagh 0’She
The Two State Solution: A renewed search for the holy grail?
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The Modern Book Burners
Send us Fan MailThis is the story about a large scale operation, possibly illegal, in buying second hand books, scraping their contents before destroying the originals.It was drawn to my attention by a regular contributor to my newsletter who sent me this intriguing message.“I read this article a week or so ago, and it made me think about our conversation about your books being scanned for AI use.
Nigel Farage defends the Indefensible
Send us Fan MailNigel Farage defends the indefensible This audio tape is the second dealing with The Channel 4 report on malpractices within the Reform party. It is offered as an example of how not to prepare a statement for public release if your intention is to clarify rather than to confuse. The earlier tape can be heard under the title: Channel 4 does a number on Nigel FarageStay up-to-date wi
Channel 4 does a number on Nigel Farage
Send us Fan MailAs the Channel 4 programme revealed, Mr Farage was filmed by undercover reporters from @Verbatim_Media as part of a year-long investigation that Channel 4 News has thoroughly checked and verified.This meeting took place in his Clacton constituency in July - when Mr Farage was fighting a by-election he called after separate allegations about his finances…Stay up-to-date with all of
Andy Burnham's Agenda. I discuss with CHAT GBT.
Send us Fan MailChatGBT helps me understand Andy Burnham's first policy statement as Prime Minister.The news headlines tended to tell us more about their political leadings than the statement to the House.As The Spectator saw it ‘Reviews of his debut yesterday are mixed, with most papers this morning focusing on his blaming of Brexit and Margaret Thatcher for Britain’s problems’. I found mys
The Cost of Polish, by Jeff Bullas
Send us Fan MailThis audio text replicates contents of a post on X by the American social influencer Jeff Bullas. Jeff has granted permission for me to present his material, which I believe addresses one of the urgent challenges of the AI world.@jeffbullas postsStay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycre
Understanding the Three Body Problem
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Nine till ever. A tribute to Dolly Parton
Send us Fan MailNine till ever. A tribute to Dolly PartonThis week every other news item was superseded by the news of the death of country superstar Dolly PartonI learned how she wrote songs in consolation at tragic incidences in a rollercoaster of life. My friends will confirm that I am not easily disposed to visual displays of emotion. Maybe this tribute has something special in that respect.Ni
Learning to chat with CHAT GBT
Send us Fan MailI am continuing my apprenticeship learning to use ChatGPT. At the moment, my experiment demonstrates how with minimum experience it is possible to find the appropriate amount of information and dealing with some problem.Today my problem was identifying a new local Business, which I believe to be some kind of music club.My conversation with ChatGPT went something like the following,
How I learned to chat with Chat GBT
Send us Fan MailA discussion supported by ChatGBT and illustrating a practical search process.Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up!Follow Tudor on Twitter @TudortweetFollow Tudor's blogs:everydaycreativity.ukleaderswedeserve.wordpress.com
Developing creative prompting skills for the age of AI
Send us Fan MailAn important skill for the age of AI is developing skills at prompting AI agents. This audio note outlines some preliminary thoughts of my own, and an interesting publication on the topic.First, a working definition. What do I mean by creative prompting?Creative prompting is the process of obtaining powerful suggestions from an AI system through the prompts provided by an individua
Hero Worship in Action: The Case of Amy Hunt
Send us Fan MailThis week, the United Kingdom discovered a new sporting heroine, in the European Games. Amy Hunt won four gold medals in an increasing blaze of publicity.As the BBC enthusedAmy has never been afraid to choose the hard path. Undertaking an English Literature degree at Cambridge University, she was determined to prove - as she did in winning silver at last year's World Champions
Watching the World go dark. The 2026 Eclipse
Send us Fan MailWednesday 12 August 2026Tonight the world will go dark. Light from the Sun will be blocked off for a few minutes. Put simply, the orbit of the moon gets between the Sun and the Earth. This briefly blocks the light waves from the Sun.I report how the spectacular event impacted on myself, on thousands of eclipse watchers around the northern hemisphere and on the BBC reporters follow
My introduction to the world of grunge
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How the BBC creates rather than reports a news story: The death of a police officer
Send us Fan MailThe BBC has recently presented a significant news event in a way that seems to me to be utterly irresponsible and biased. It shows how reporting the news can slide into creating a news story to achieve an implicit goal. Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to si
The two faces of celebrity. What's in a name?
Send us Fan MailThis week in the United Kingdom, two people were thrust into the headlines. One is a university professor. The other is a convicted criminal whose rehabilitation as a local counsellor is being backed by the leader of the Conservative Party.It sometimes seems that such stories have an increased chance of success if the key figure has an extremely unusual name, or unconventional appe
Four Grandmothers and a Wrestler
Send us Fan MailOne of those stories you want to believe in, even if you suspect there is an element of promotional wishful thinking about it.The four grandmothers, Lynn, Susie, Rose, and Christine met wrestler Gordon DeReiss while travelling to Las Vegas to scatter the ashes of Rose's late husband, Pete. As sometimes happens, Gordon was sitting in one of their seats. He was wise enough not t
Dusky Come Ride With Me: An Anglo-Welsh Odyssey
Send us Fan MailI wrote it this song initially for myself. It is called Dusky Come Ride with Me. An Anglo-Welsh Odyssey. I hope someday it will be heard and maybe sung by a new generation, with a deeper appreciation of the dynamic interplay between the English and Welsh languages and their cultures.Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing u
Guzundering, the art of the deal, and the house seller's dilemma
Send us Fan MailRecently, a new nightmare known as Gazundering has entered into the process of selling a house…Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up!Follow Tudor on Twitter @TudortweetFollow Tudor's blogs:everydaycreativity.ukleaderswedeserve.wordpress.com
I lost my phone yesterday
Send us Fan MailGuess what?I lost my phone yesterday. I did all the usual stuff searching many times in the same place and getting the same result.That’s one definition of insanity according to Albert Einstein.As I was carrying out my futile search, the enormity of my loss struck me. The first obvious reason was that I could not contact anyone to help in my search, because I had deprived myself of
Count Binface's Manifesto
Send us Fan MailFor many years, local elections in England have been brightened by the appearance of a bizarre figure dressed in a surreal costume topped by a space age dustbin.Some have been angered by what they see as making a mockery of the sacred democratic process. Others have celebrated it as an example of quirky English humour lighting up the drab political scene.Count Binface grabbed the
How to create a name for a new product
Send us Fan MailComing up with a new idea for a product is one of those examples of a search for everyday creativity. The challenge crops up in a wide range of contexts and the approach I’m going to describe is one of various ways of carrying out a successful search. It can, however, be applied across a wide range of practical situations. I will take an example an attempt to provide a title for a
Agatha Christie: Another unsolved mystery
Send us Fan MailAs regular listeners to my audio casts will know, I am addicted to detective thrillers and particularly to those in the so-called golden age roughly between the first and second world wars.Among the galaxy of star writers, one blazed more brightly than the others. Agatha Christie‘s personal life has become as much a mystery in several ways as those fictional mysteries which brought
The Assassination of Keir Starmer, 22 June 2026
Send us Fan MailKeir Starmer’s historic final hours as prime minister.Shortly after 9 am, it was clear the moment was imminent, when he and his wife Victoria appeared in front of No 10 Downing Street. It is often a symbolic changing of the political guard. Staff from No 10 are in the street applauding. Starmer begins the most difficult speech he has ever had to make…Stay up-to-date with all of Tud
Going for a song: My Eureka moment
Send us Fan MailOver the course of many years, I had probably over quoted the story about Archimedes and his moment of discovery which has become known as the Eureka phenomenon.As it gets taught in universities around the world, Archimedes discovered his famous principle while in his bath prompting him to leap out and run through the streets of Athens crying something loosely transliterated into E
Question Time. A gruesome disappointment
Send us Fan MailI’m still getting my head around what I witnessed watching Question Time, yesterday evening. I was attracted to the idea of the programme with the leading candidates in the Makerfield by-election. Some years ago, I enjoyed Question Time, when it permitted intelligent debate between guests with interventions from the audience. This seemed to change with the departure of the authori
Can you copywrite a sound?
Send us Fan MailThe question of copyright has become a hot issue with the rise of creative products assisted by artificial intelligence systems.I started thinking about this recently with a specific case example. It cropped up the work directed by Jonathan Levitt in producing a wide range of songs supported by his lyric writers, including myself, with Stephen Tranter, and a range of distinguished
Where is Sasha? Dark Russian Humour
Send us Fan MailThis example of dark Russian humour was published on X translated from a Portuguese source. The story is about the interrogation of President Putin in a question and answer session at a Russian school. The first question is from Sasha….Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk
How to spot the Traitor
Send us Fan MailHow to spot a traitorThis audio Post was triggered by the timing of my return from a visit to my tennis club every Saturday morning.I still enjoy listening to radio five for the sports programs. On Saturdays, there is a problem called ‘spot the traitor’. It involves three football fans, each eulogising on the football team. However, one of the fans is fake, a traitor if you like. I
Hannah Spenser's Not so Green
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My Love/Hate Affair with Amazon Continues ...
Send us Fan MailI use Amazon a lot. But my appreciation of Amazon’s outstanding delivery service goes along with a considerable concern I have about the impact of its business practices at a local and a global level. I asked Dr Google ‘Why is Amazon criticised for its business practices?’This is what I learned …Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary
Celtic win breaks Hearts
Send us Fan MailCeltic win breaks HeartsHearts football club lost the title in a race they had been leading through throughout most of the season too many times champions Celtic. They lost in a devastating fashion at the last minute.Celtic have been serial winners of the competition. Hearts have never won it. Celtic fans enjoyed that fantastic moment. Hearts returned to their home territory where
Vote to keep the weirdos out
Send us Fan MailYesterday I was left feeling depressed at what I saw as hideous bias in the coverage of the upcoming local elections. Very late, I knew what I wanted to happen and feared it was probably too late How to warn people about voting for charlatans?Wouldn’t it be wonderful, I asked myself, if everyone could listen to my message before they cast their votes on Thursday. After that the id
Three poets and a music-maker: Creating a website
Send us Fan MailIt is now nearly a year since I became involved in a music-making project. The music is generated by an AI system by one member of a small team.This may become a more common approach to generating music which also has implications for theory and practice.We have now reached the inevitable stage of a start-up operation, namely the creation of a website. As a starting point, our team
Life is Sadness, life's a Bitch
Send us Fan MailLife is sadness, life’s a bitchI thought it might be interesting to record an audiotape about the origins of a song currently being worked on by music-making colleague GM Jon.Sometimes you can trace an idea to some starting event. In this case, it was a suggestion from Jon that we should put together several candidate lyrics on the general topic of old age. The idea struck me as su
Natural talent and its weaknesses
Send us Fan MailI came across a splendid analysis of the weakness of relying on natural talent, in a piece published in the Quora website. The author publishes under the title Halftime Legend.It makes sense, and may even contribute to the debate on the nature of creativity. It may be of more interest to Chess players, than to other listeners to my podcasts.Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's
Brexit Rap: Where do new ideas come from?
Send us Fan MailWhere do new ideas come from? To compensate for my abysmal failure in steps per day, (according to my distance walked App) I resort to the treadmill at my local gym. Recently, the experience was weird. My pounding on the treadmill seemed to produce a reaction. It was as if as if the treadmill was telling me something.I interpreted its message as if I had been listening to a mechan
The Houdini tactic: An invaluable rescue weapon for the club player
Send us Fan MailWritten and narrated by Tudor Rickards I cannot claim to have invented the Houdini tactic in chess. However, I hinted at it in one of my least successful books, The Double Houdini. As will become obvious, the tactic does not work when you’re playing against a computer program. This week, it contributed to a much needed victory by our second team, still with a fighting chance of gai
The Dark Side of the Augusta Masters Golf Championship
Send us Fan MailEvery year, the masters golf championship at Augusta, Georgia gets worldwide television coverage. The traditions are well-known, including ritual acceptance by the winner of the iconic green jacket, handed over by last year‘s winner. This year, a contingency plan was smoothly executed as Rory McIlroy became the first player since 2002 to defend the Augusta title successfully. But a
A late-night Trump rant against his enemies
Send us Fan MailDonald Trump, in the midst of saving the world, finds time to excoriate his multiple enemies in a classic late-night rant on Truth Social...Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up!Follow Tudor on Twitter @TudortweetFollow Tudor's blogs:everydaycreati
A Tale of Two Tweets: Donald Trump's Easter Messages
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Lewis Goodall: Where did it all go wrong?
Send us Fan MailListeners to this podcast will be aware that I have borrowed its title from a recent Channel 4 documentary entitled Kier Starmer: where did it all go wrong. The broadcast triggered off a storm of criticism of its presenter Lewis Goodall, led by many disappointed supporters of his work in the United Kingdom, which had made him an icon of the left in a profession widely dominated by
Grandfather's Clock, by Henry C. Work
Send us Fan MailA rendition of poem based on a favourite in the days of radio broadcasting by the BBC. With some help from tennis partners this morning (Lindsay, Neil, and Gordon) we reassembled what we believe to be the first lines of the poem, and quickly tracked down the original…Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newslet
Newt Gingrich solves the Strait of Hormuz problem
Send us Fan MailIn the middle of the fantasy politics show starring Donald Trump, it was good for us to be reminded of some of the eccentric politicians that had recently departed the scene.One such figure was former speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich.This week, impatient with the suggestions of lesser Mortals, Newt popped up to offer the world a dynamic solution to The Strait o
The war of words: Donald Trump v Iran
Send us Fan MailEze Kingsley Ohaji posts on X about financial and political matters @ohajielom. His creative description of the war against Iran deserves wide circulation.Trump: Open the Strait in 48 hours or I strike your power plants.Iran: No.Trump: You have 48 hours.Iran: You said that already.Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up
Stockport against East Cheshire: A monumental battle
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A Woman's History, by W.H.Davies
Send us Fan MailA WOMAN’S HISTORYby W H DaviesWhen Mary Price was five years oldAnd had a bird that died She laid its body under flowers;And called her friends to pray to God,And sing sad hymns for hoursWhen she before her fifteenth yearWas ruined by a man,The neighbours sought him out, and said-‘You’ll come along and marry herOr hang till you are dead’When they had found the child he wrongedAnd p
Mourinho Matters: A study in charismatic leadership
Send us Fan MailIn my book Mourinho Matters I take Jose Mourinho as a case example of a charismatic leader. I will draw on the account as described in the book. I have selected an exerpt of the occasions when I was embarrassingly misunderstood by two other charismatic leaders, Pat Riley of Miami Heat, and sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United.Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blo
Leaders we Deserve: Making Sense of Donald Trump
Send us Fan MailIn this podcast, I’m taking the approach which I found useful in introducing graduate level workshops on creativity and leadership.I would invite the Group to share their understanding of a current leadership issue and then discussing it through the perspective of leadership challenges provided by it.So that’s where I want to go with this podcast. I’m assuming that listeners to thi
Staying on the Wagon, and other interesting English sayings
Send us Fan MailDavid Atherton is a scholarly contributor to X He explains that he has became increasingly disillusioned with his reach on X, and decided to write about stuff he likes.You can follow David on X , where he publishes as @DaveAtherton20.In a recent post, he selects as his topic, English idioms. In it, he describes the origin of the terms: one for the Road, being on the wagon, pullin
A product in a bottle. How to turn ideas into new products
Send us Fan MailMy topic for today is developing a plan for successful innovation.The subject is one which continues to attract attention, and books continue to be published offering various approaches some with more outrageous claims than others.I want to describe one approach which worked for many and varied organisations mainly in the United Kingdom. I believe it can be applied to today’s fast-
Keith, the eco Goat
Send us Fan MailThe adventures of Keith have attracted a faithful following on X. His biographer Sama Holle has chronicled the adventures of a range of eco-friendly animals on a farm, but I am only reporting on a day in the life of Keith as summarised on X.I have added a short poem in honour of Keith and his ecofriendly farm friends. Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and cur
Things you didn't know about St David's day
Send us Fan MailAs a long-time exile from Wales, I have to confess that my grasp of the language is pretty bad. So much so that I struggle even to follow the commentary in Welsh of rugby games on SC4.At the present time, this might be regarded as a blessing in disguise.However, I am aware of Saint David’s Day falling on March 1 if only because of fading schoolboy memories.At risk of demonstrating
Politics in England's Green and pleasant land ...
Send us Fan MailOvernight, a sensational political event. A resurgent Green Party wins a by-election in a close contest against the right wing Reform party and against the Government, the traditional party of the Left in England...Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up!
The Topsy Effect: Revising the acknowledgments for a new edition of a text book
Send us Fan MailReflections on the difficulties experienced in revising the acknowledgements section for the fourth edition of a textbook.Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up!Follow Tudor on Twitter @TudortweetFollow Tudor's blogs:everydaycreativity.ukleaderswede
Why Nigel Farage Recruits Tories
Send us Fan MailWhy Nigel Farage Recruits ToriesBy Russ JacksonDr Russ Jackson is one of the deepest thinkers currently posting on social media. This is an abridged podcast version with some interventions by myself of a post on X this week.It examines an interview by Nigel Farage with the BBC‘s Nick Robinson.Dr Jackson points out that the leader of the Reform party has to deal with an awkward fact
Breaking News! Keir Starmer is still Prime Minister
Send us Fan MailThe political news in the United Kingdom this week has been dominated by sensational stories about the imminent humiliation and resignation of Keir Starmer.Various explanations were offered often justified by evidence of his shocking incompetence and implications of his duplicity...Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up
The Survival of Starmer: 'Not another one!'
Send us Fan MailThis can be seen as a follow-up to my recent podcast on the developing political crisis facing Prime Minister Keir Starmer.The story a week ago was posed as an exercise in the dilemma confronting Keir Starmer as he considered the appointment of Mendelson as Ambassador to the United Stateshttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1945222/episodes/18634941-keir-starmer-s-political-crisis-a-dilemma-
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