Episodes

Heard of the ‘boil the dog’ approach to change management? No? Then you need Sheona Hakovski, motivation trainer from San Diego. She’ll soon have your people leaning in, giving 110% and boiling dogs … or is it frogs? Find out in ‘Negatron Nick’ This story appeared in Business Spotlight in 2018

"Think positive, talk positive, feel positive!"; "Your attitude is your altitude!"; "Together we achieve more!" Don't you just HATE office work slogans? And even worse than the slogans, are the managers who try and use them to motivate their teams. Poor Mr Finkel thought he could use them to whip a difficult team into shape. But he hadn't met Julie and Paula ... This story appeared in Speak Up in 2015 Image by Robin Higgins from Pixabay

Things are so bad for Cuthbert Trill he has decided to end it all. He's lost his job, his wife's run off with his best friend, and now a wave has just washed his glasses out to sea. Still, he could probably manage to drown himself if it wasn't for the annoying stranger on the beach who wants to interview him for a job. Why won't they understand that this is not the right moment? This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2015.

Jimmy King was a star on the football pitch, worshipped by thousands. Now he's just a sad old man in a care home where nobody likes him, waiting to die. But there's one fan who still remembers what he was like in his glory days and she owes him everything she's achieved in life. Can she find a way to repay her debt? Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Photo by Call Me Fred on Unsplash

Derek Ebdon is an art forger of such exceptional skill that the experts find it impossible to tell if a work is created by him or by one of the old masters. But one day he buys a book with occult powers, and things start to go badly wrong. This story was first written for Business Spotlight in 2017. Music: A Hand In The Dark - Underbelly & Ty Mayer Image by Jazella from Pixabay.

Paddy Power has recently been relocated from his job as Head of Public Relations in a large corporation on earth to ... Heaven plc. But he's not happy with working his way up the heavenly hierarchy slowly, he wants to be the Commissioner's assistant and he wants the job now. The question is, how can he get rid of the present occupant, the Archangel Gabriel? Maybe it's time to use his PR weapons ... This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2018. Image by Please Don't sell My Artwo...

What would you do if you found a dragon in the boot of your car? Jonathan and Susan are going on holiday when they find the last remaining dragon in Britain, Tatzl, has smuggled herself into their car and is trying to escape from the zoo that they work in. Should they help her return to her home in the mountains of Bavaria or should they turn her in? The two of them have a difficult moral decision to make ... This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2016. Photo by Kyle Loftus f...

Britain has left the European Union and Her Majesty's Secret Services are having to find ways to generate income. When Agent 001 joins BeSoft Toilet Tissue as a Change Agent consultant he find that his set of skills can be surprisingly useful. The question is, whether the company shares his opinion ... This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2018. Photo by cottonbro from Pexels.

Venice, 1948 and a lonely young Englishwoman makes friends with the mysterious Miss Winterleigh. What is the secret that keeps Miss Winterleigh attached to the city, and what does it have to do with the cemetery of San Michele? This story was first published in Speak Up magazine in 2016. Photo: original.

“No, my lord,” protested Amanjia, struggling to free herself from Borridor’s arms as the thin silk dress that barely covered her firm bosom strained to preserve her modesty... It's Sunday and our hero has to write a boring motivational speech for the company chairman when he'd much rather be working on book 2 of his fantasy trilogy 'Hallindale - The chronicles of wind'. What can he do to force himself to produce the corporate nonsense expected of him, when all the time his mind is with Amanjia a...