Adrian Ashton

I take an unusual approach to helping people understand the balance sheet part of their accounts: I play the Talking Head's song "o...

In the past, I've waxed lyrical about how great libraries are . And if you've ever been on any sessions I'd led about getting to...

Reflecting with fellow freelancers as part of a recent networking get-together, we all shared and identified that we're really self-crit...

Some readers of this blog may recall that in the past I've written about how I try and keep my hand in at running a market stall from ti...

This post was written at the start of carers week 2023 - and is based on conversations amongst freelancers and owners of small businesses at...

A few years ago, I started to track how much time I'd 'lost' from people forgetting to turn up to meetings that they'd asked...

I was recently asked to give a talk about some of the ideas in my book about imposter syndrome by the RSA North , as part of their ongoing C...

As sole traders and small business owners, it's generally accepted that our mental wellbeing and health is under greater pressure and st...

So, here we are - it's the end of another year, and traditionally a time to reflect and reminisce about the period that's just been ...

Locality (the sector body who support and advocate for local community organisations of all types) recently invited me to be part of the li...

The date of my publishing this post on my blog (Oct 10th) marks World Mental Health day - a time when there are floods of other posts, tweet...

I was recently invited by those nice people at Social Value UK to be the 'main attraction' in an open lunchtime conversation about h...

As part of my ongoing CPD*, I commit to an adapted360-degree feedback process on myself every couple of years. But instead of sending out qu...