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 Innovation - For many years I worked with a wide range of organisations, coaching them in techniques for tackling real-work problems in a more creative way. These have ranged from design agencies to highly constrained and regulated public sector departments. These days my workshops tend to be INSETs and conference sessions for primary and secondary teachers who are looking to make the maths that they teach more creative.
Cricket - I love cricket too. I play it, watch it and have been jointly responsible for the world player rankings since their inception in 1987.
That leaves Memory - I hesitate to describe myself as a specialist, since my memory is as defective as most people's, but it is a subject I have devoted a lot of time to and I have written two books (one for adults, one for children) on this fascinating subject.
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The Hidden Mathematics Of Sport is now available. This is a fully revamped and updated version of Beating the Odds, including the epic Isner/Mahut tennis match, Lampard’s World Cup goal that wasn’t, and a new chapter on cheating
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 I have what is these days described as a portfolio career. In other words, I have more than one job, which makes it hard to answer that killer-question at parties, "what do you actually DO?"
I began my portfolio life in 1990 to pursue my diverse interests to the full. My business card is titled "Creative Problem Solving", a wide-ranging description that covers almost everything. But most of what I do falls under five headings ...
Maths - I love maths, or at least its creative side. I'm Director of Maths Inspiration, a national programme of lectures for teenagers held across the UK. I’ve also given maths talks around the world on everything from sport to mind-reading, to all ages from six-year-olds to adults. You may have heard me on BBC radio or read one of my books.
Writing - I wrote What Is A Googly? in 1992, and have had nine more books published since then. Over the years I have written numerous articles for newspapers and magazines. One of my pet peeves is people who make straightforward subjects complicated. My explanation for this complexity syndrome (aka Jardin's Principle) appeared in an article entitled "Keep it simple" for the Financial Times. |
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