Storytelling coach and trainer, author of five books on working life, teaches a class on work-life design, lives by the coast, also loves an urban wander.

Joined October 2008
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I have no big sexy New Year prediction for you. No jaw dropping revelation. Just this. My call to action for 2024: “If it matters, make time for it.” A walk in the park. A takeout coffee. Reading fiction. Playing sports. Going to a gig. A swim. Whatever floats your boat…
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Out in June.
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28 Oct 2025
I was invited to talk about what I’d learned since my cancer diagnosis. So I called it, ‘Riding The Waves: a manifesto for thriving in good times and bad.’ Probably the hardest talk I’ve ever given. But perhaps the most important. thedolectures.com/talks/ridi…
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30 Oct 2025
‘When we put our heads above the parapet and say how we really feel, beautiful things can happen.’ From my 2025 Do Lecture
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Create Your Dream Work Summit Register for free at: createyourdreamwork.com Day 5 - June 10 @ChrisDucker Louis Grenier @willowing @IanSanders @thevirgilbrew @OzolinsJanis @danoshinsky
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Do Lectures is hiring. Communications/Event assistant. Must have a hunger to be world class. Tech smart. People loving. The job is based here in Cardigan. Message Lia if this of interest.
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11 Dec 2024
I’ve teamed up with Sally Croft at Ericsson to submit an idea for #sxswlondon 2025 - ‘The surprising power of storytelling to create change in ethics and compliance.’ Details here - please vote! @sxswlondon2025 sxswlondon.awardsplatform.co…
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Everything I have learned in 25 years about solo entrepreneurship and going it alone: all on one page? BAM! Here’s my 25 Truths manifesto Read the full version at iansanders.com/25truths
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29 Nov 2024
I have been to many conferences and festivals in the last thirty years. But none so unique as @TheDOLectures. Life-changing talks - and a life-affirming experience - in a cowshed on a farm in the west of Wales. Applications for Do 2025 close on Monday. thedolectures.com/events/do-…
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Listening to young Ian as I walked in the field this morning. Ian Sanders’ Wake Up: Ten stories on being alive youtu.be/JZTWiCnHOq0?si=B1CP… via @YouTube
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21 Nov 2024
Yeah, I’m over *there* now
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17 Nov 2024
Obligatory ‘you can find me over on Bluesky’ post
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14 Nov 2024
At the end of September, just a few days before I started seven weeks of radiotherapy for prostate cancer, I premiered my one man show ‘Wake Up: Ten stories on being alive’ at my local theatre. youtu.be/bAwgjguip74?si=_ruv…
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12 Nov 2024
Thanks for the reminder - currently giving my forty year old album a spin…
12 Nov 2024
Happy 40th Anniversary to The Smiths’ compilation album 'Hatful Of Hollow', originally released this day in 1984. A gathering of the band's best singles with a raw and romantic makeover, demonstrating the enduring influence of their finest moments.
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Really nice example of visual communication in Singapore - says 'slippery floor' even if you don't speak the language:
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17 Oct 2024
The geese are over from Siberia. And hearing them makes me happy
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16 Oct 2024
Today's hospital visit done. Back home for lunch on the decking with Sukie
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11 Oct 2024
Today’s radiotherapy done. The sun is shining. So a change of plan: a walk down to an Old Leigh pub with Zoë
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Love this little touch in the Prague Metro When you buy your ticket you can ask the ticket machine to print out directions to your destination, so you know where to change Very easy for a designer who is familiar with the setting to forget what’s it’s like to be clueless
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11 Oct 2024
I must admit, I read this and first thought it meant recycling 🪴 🌱
A hymn to recycling plants. economist.com/britain/2024/1…
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