Thankyou! Good artists copy, great artists steal. But they steal gracefully. And with attribution. This collection of one pagers was inspired by the speeches, stories, ideas and insights that I’ve collected from some wonderful people who I’ve met along the way. This is not an exhaustive list of friends and colleagues who have inspired me (you know who you are and I love you), this is a list of people whose content has been gracefully stolen for some of my one pagers. I encourage you to buy their books and devour out EVERYTHING that they’ve published! Today Matters will change your life. John Maxwell My mentor who teaches me how to be a better leader. Nancy Duarte My favourite person in the industry. Helped me to understand the shape of a purpose-driven story. Simon Sinek If I had hero's Simon would be one of them. The person I look to most often for inspiration and ideas. Carmine Gallo I love everything he’s ever written. From Talk Like TED to Five Stars. Austin Kleon “The writer who draws”. Taught me to think with my pen. Chris Anderson Forever grateful for what he’s built at TED. Jay Heinrichs Taught me ab out the power of persuasion Louis J. Prosperi His Disney books about Imagineering are superb. Michael Margolis Story 10X should be on everyone’s bookshelf. Tim Grover Michael Jordan’s personal trainer taught me about obsession and what a winning mindset really looks like. John Elkington Inspired me to make sure every commercial deal has a triple bottom line. Blake Snyder Author of Save the Cat! There’s a reason every screen writer owns a copy. Caroline Goyder Voice, performance and presentation coach. Hire her. Nick Morgan Can You Hear Me? Helped me to be a better virtual presenter during lockdown. Sam Leith The best book on Rhetoric and understanding what Aristotle really meant. And he’s funny. Death by PowerPoint”. All his TED talks are must-sees. David J.P. Phillips Mr. “ Jonathan Gottschall The storytellers storyteller. Jon Favreau Obama’s former speech writer. Subscribe to the Crooked Media podcasts! Peggy Noonan Reagan’s former speech writer. On Speaking Well is another of those essential books. Philip Collins Blair’s former speech writer. His book When They Go Low, We Go High is outstanding. Yvette Cooper She Speaks. One of the few books showcasing the best women communicators. Donald Miller Story Brand was the initial inspiration behind the Communications Thinking framework. Bob Goff Love Wins. It really does. Will Storr Helped me to understand the “science” of storytelling on a much deeper level. Thomas L. Friedman My favourite columnist from the NY Times. He has 3 Pulitzer Prizes for a reason. Kate Raworth The Queen of Doughnut Economics. Superb TED speaker, author and economist. Erica Chenoweth Taught me all about the 3.5% rule and how a small group of people can change the world. Gary Keller The ONE Thing. One of those books I have to re-read every few months. Katharine Hayhoe The best climate communicator out there who taught me how to tell stories that matter. Seth Godin The King of Marketing. He’s never written a word I didn’t like.. Biz Stone Co-Founder of Twitter who taught me that you can “Build a business, change the world and have fun”. Garry Kasparov Chess grandmaster who helped me to talk about AI in a much more human way. Martin Brooks Author of Body Language Decoder. I recommend him for workshops or as a drinking partner. Rob Bell Poet. Preacher. Philosopher. One of the best communication coaches out there. Ken Segall Steve Jobs creative director. Who constantly reminds me not to over complicate things. John-Paul Flintoff Watch his Athens TEDx talk on changing the world and then go buy his books. Lisa Cron Wired For Story made me realise why the first sentence is EVERYTHING. Neil DeGrasse Tyson My favourite Masterclass host and probably the best dinner party guest anyone could ever have. Finally, much thanks to David Rogier for founding Masterclass.com (I have been obsessed since the platform was launched in May 2015 and it remains one of the few places I go to learn new things every day).