Richard Gerver is widely published on the subject of change, young people and education. He is in fact a former primary school head teacher and his wife and daughter are still teachers.

Tim is the CEO of the Sandstone Foundation which is a charity which is set up top deliver workshops on resilience to young people in schools and youth organisations. He is a former intelligence officer and sometime adventurer.

The current education system mis largely guided by tick box exercises, quotas and Ofsted reports. As a result have we lost sight of the outcome which is to inspire and educate young people in a way that prepares them for the real world future that they face? It is Tim's belief that more real world skills and experiences need to be added to the curriculum. We seem to be losing some of the basic yet essential skills of rapport building, communication and the ability to endure.

in order to find out if his thought were real or a perception Tim went in seek of some experts. Enter Richard!

We would really like you to get involved in the debate. Listen to the podcast and let us know what you think.

Leadership and communications consultants Tim Bradshaw and Paul Horwood draw upon training and experience from a wealth of backgrounds including the military, specialist intelligence operations, business and expeditions.

They have developed a toolkit approach to leadership and communications believing that whilst process works well as a management tool, it often doesn't provide the required leadership effect to inspire and motivate in challenging circumstances.

In previous episodes of the Because I Can podcast they and their guests have discussed past experiences and how they relate to the business sector, drawing out relevant lessons wherever possible.

Moving forward the team are going to pick up on current topics and events seeing how a toolkit approach might be used to unravel them and build leadership behaviours. It all starts by focussing on Intelligence not information.

Tim Bradshaw and Paul Horwood from Sandstone Communications and the team from MotoJoe have collaborated with their sponsors and clients Chevron Traffic Management, Gardner Aerospace and Stirling trailers to deliver aid to the Ukrainians. Tim and Paul discuss making it happen #BecauseICan

These sorts of missions should not be undertaken lightly. Listen to Tim and Paul discuss some of the considerations ... 

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