What I’ve Been Reading

This book was first published in 2015 and updated in 2022. I’m sure with the speed of technology developments they could probably write another edition already!  The authors are a father, Richard, who has spent  more than 30 years working on transforming the way that lawyers and courts work. His co-author son Daniel is an […]

This book is about how to develop artistry (not mastery) in your coaching. It’s not about adding tools to your toolkit. It’s not about developing your skills, or learning new clever questions to add to your repertoire. Rather it’s about how you, as a person, show up in your coaching relationships.  The overall question the

I have read a lot of books about autism, but this is honestly one of the best. Written by Autistic professor of social psychology, Dr Devon Price, this book explores Autism as a social disability, in a world in which conforming to neurotypical expectations is desired and frequently required. The book describes the experiences of

Anyone who has had a pet will know that they become part of the family.  However, many legal systems across the world still consider pets to be “property” to be distributed when relationships break down. While some jurisdictions treat pets as sentient beings, not just an item of property, this doesn’t necessarily make the decision

“[T]oo many of us have grown up in a world where we have forgotten, never learned, or were not even exposed to the skills needed to talk about hard topics in a productive way.” Steven Collis is a law professor who specialises in the First Amendment. He explains that this means that he gets paid

This book describes a process of questioning that revolves around the human tendency to think and talk in metaphors. It’s based on the work of David Grove, a psychotherapist from New Zealand, who developed the process to support his work with clients who had experienced trauma. Clean language is a method that aims to minimise

Author Solon Simmons is the director of The Narrative Transformation Lab at George Mason University’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution.  His latest book is a fascinating explanation of how the way we tell stories about conflict can create opportunities for political struggle, reconciliation or self-realization. Simmons suggests that there are four main prototypes

This book focuses on coaching neurodivergent individuals about their experiences at work. The introduction states that the book supports existing coaching practitioners, managers and community leaders to understand the essentials of neurodivergence, a term that encompasses ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia and Tourette’s syndrome, and how these diagnoses require specific coaching approaches to support individuals to

This New York Times bestseller is not new – it was first published in 1997 and updated in 2012.  But this short and to the point book on marketing services is essential reading for anyone working on developing a conflict-related services practice.   It provides a clear distinction between approaches to marketing a product, and what

To be clear at the outset, this isn’t a book about conflict, at least not in the sense that I am usually discussing. However, it is a book about conflict about language and how we use it.  And as language is one of our primary tools in conflict and how we manage it, you could