Ian Sanders
@iansanders.bsky.social
Storytelling coach and trainer, author of five books on working life, teaches a class on work-life design, lives by the coast, also loves an urban wander.
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I was invited to talk about what I’d learned since my cancer diagnosis.
So I called it, ‘Riding The Waves: a manifesto for thriving in good times and bad.’
Probably the hardest talk I’ve ever given. But perhaps the most important.
At The Do Lectures, 2025.
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So I called it, ‘Riding The Waves: a manifesto for thriving in good times and bad.’
Probably the hardest talk I’ve ever given. But perhaps the most important.
At The Do Lectures, 2025.
thedolectures.com/talks/riding...
How do you bring more of You into how you lead?
In ‘How To Lead as Yourself: insider knowledge from the c-suite’, three senior leaders share candid insights on how they bring authenticity into their leadership.
Check out the insights:
www.iansanders.com/blog/how-to-...
In ‘How To Lead as Yourself: insider knowledge from the c-suite’, three senior leaders share candid insights on how they bring authenticity into their leadership.
Check out the insights:
www.iansanders.com/blog/how-to-...
How To Lead As Yourself — The Ian Sanders Co.
How do you bring more of You into how you lead? I’ve been working with leaders for a long time and that’s a question that continues to fascinate me. So I decided to get curious. In ‘How To Lead as Yo...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
How do you bring more of You into how you lead?
In ‘How To Lead as Yourself: insider knowledge from the c-suite’, three senior leaders share candid insights on how they bring authenticity into their leadership.
Check out the insights:
www.iansanders.com/blog/how-to-...
In ‘How To Lead as Yourself: insider knowledge from the c-suite’, three senior leaders share candid insights on how they bring authenticity into their leadership.
Check out the insights:
www.iansanders.com/blog/how-to-...
'Lard - 4 for 50p'
Southend Market 1986: from my A level photography studies
Southend Market 1986: from my A level photography studies
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
'Lard - 4 for 50p'
Southend Market 1986: from my A level photography studies
Southend Market 1986: from my A level photography studies
‘Reading is not only for the joy of literature, and decompression — but can also make CEOs better at their jobs.’
I enjoyed this @financialtimes.com column by Emma Jacobs on the benefits of reading fiction.
on.ft.com/49ovEBO
I enjoyed this @financialtimes.com column by Emma Jacobs on the benefits of reading fiction.
on.ft.com/49ovEBO
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
‘Reading is not only for the joy of literature, and decompression — but can also make CEOs better at their jobs.’
I enjoyed this @financialtimes.com column by Emma Jacobs on the benefits of reading fiction.
on.ft.com/49ovEBO
I enjoyed this @financialtimes.com column by Emma Jacobs on the benefits of reading fiction.
on.ft.com/49ovEBO
Why nothing beats pen & paper for my creativity, reflection and getting things done
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October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Why nothing beats pen & paper for my creativity, reflection and getting things done
www.iansanders.com/blog/why-not...
www.iansanders.com/blog/why-not...
I was invited to talk about what I’d learned since my cancer diagnosis.
So I called it, ‘Riding The Waves: a manifesto for thriving in good times and bad.’
Probably the hardest talk I’ve ever given. But perhaps the most important.
At The Do Lectures, 2025.
thedolectures.com/talks/riding...
So I called it, ‘Riding The Waves: a manifesto for thriving in good times and bad.’
Probably the hardest talk I’ve ever given. But perhaps the most important.
At The Do Lectures, 2025.
thedolectures.com/talks/riding...
Riding the Waves: A Manifesto for Thriving in Good Times and Bad | The DO Lectures
The DO Lectures: an encouragement network for those seeking a different path. Watch 100+ free talks online plus DO Books, courses, workshops and more.
thedolectures.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I was invited to talk about what I’d learned since my cancer diagnosis.
So I called it, ‘Riding The Waves: a manifesto for thriving in good times and bad.’
Probably the hardest talk I’ve ever given. But perhaps the most important.
At The Do Lectures, 2025.
thedolectures.com/talks/riding...
So I called it, ‘Riding The Waves: a manifesto for thriving in good times and bad.’
Probably the hardest talk I’ve ever given. But perhaps the most important.
At The Do Lectures, 2025.
thedolectures.com/talks/riding...
Can you remember what you learned in your very first job?
Here are five career lessons from my stint as a ‘runner’ in a TV company, that have stayed with me for the last three decades.
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Here are five career lessons from my stint as a ‘runner’ in a TV company, that have stayed with me for the last three decades.
www.iansanders.com/blog/five-ca...
Five career lessons from my stint as a ‘runner’ — The Ian Sanders Co.
After I graduated from university I began a full-time career as a ‘runner’ in a TV production company. A runner didn’t just run videotapes around London, although ferrying tapes and packages on foot t...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Can you remember what you learned in your very first job?
Here are five career lessons from my stint as a ‘runner’ in a TV company, that have stayed with me for the last three decades.
www.iansanders.com/blog/five-ca...
Here are five career lessons from my stint as a ‘runner’ in a TV company, that have stayed with me for the last three decades.
www.iansanders.com/blog/five-ca...
Grateful for the late September sunshine
September 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Grateful for the late September sunshine
My grandfather Vincent Sanders played in a band - here’s his diary from 1939 with bookings in it
September 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
My grandfather Vincent Sanders played in a band - here’s his diary from 1939 with bookings in it
“I don’t feel guilty, I celebrate it.”
I was really struck by something the journalist Lyse Doucet - who is the BBC's Chief International Correspondent - said at the Financial Times Weekend Festival recently.
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I was really struck by something the journalist Lyse Doucet - who is the BBC's Chief International Correspondent - said at the Financial Times Weekend Festival recently.
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Lyse Doucet at FT Weekend Festival — The Ian Sanders Co.
I was really struck by something the journalist Lyse Doucet - who is the BBC's Chief International Correspondent - said at the Financial Times Weekend Festival recently. She said people often ask...
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September 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“I don’t feel guilty, I celebrate it.”
I was really struck by something the journalist Lyse Doucet - who is the BBC's Chief International Correspondent - said at the Financial Times Weekend Festival recently.
www.iansanders.com/blog/i-dont-...
I was really struck by something the journalist Lyse Doucet - who is the BBC's Chief International Correspondent - said at the Financial Times Weekend Festival recently.
www.iansanders.com/blog/i-dont-...
This is for anyone learning to navigate change, struggle, or uncertainty—and still choosing to show up with hope.
Riding The Waves: a manifesto for thriving in good times and bad
www.iansanders.com/blog/riding-...
Riding The Waves: a manifesto for thriving in good times and bad
www.iansanders.com/blog/riding-...
September 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is for anyone learning to navigate change, struggle, or uncertainty—and still choosing to show up with hope.
Riding The Waves: a manifesto for thriving in good times and bad
www.iansanders.com/blog/riding-...
Riding The Waves: a manifesto for thriving in good times and bad
www.iansanders.com/blog/riding-...
Fond memories of meeting Flaco in Leigh-on-Sea in the ‘80s!
In 1987, when I was 18, I had a couple of part time jobs. I worked for the owner of Waterfront Records who had just released a 7” from Tex Mex accordion virtuoso Flaco Jiménez and brought him over from Texas for a few gigs.
In 1987, when I was 18, I had a couple of part time jobs. I worked for the owner of Waterfront Records who had just released a 7” from Tex Mex accordion virtuoso Flaco Jiménez and brought him over from Texas for a few gigs.
August 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Fond memories of meeting Flaco in Leigh-on-Sea in the ‘80s!
In 1987, when I was 18, I had a couple of part time jobs. I worked for the owner of Waterfront Records who had just released a 7” from Tex Mex accordion virtuoso Flaco Jiménez and brought him over from Texas for a few gigs.
In 1987, when I was 18, I had a couple of part time jobs. I worked for the owner of Waterfront Records who had just released a 7” from Tex Mex accordion virtuoso Flaco Jiménez and brought him over from Texas for a few gigs.
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Not for the first time I am begging angry people to put the phone down, walk through actual streets, go to actual pubs, stand on the touch line at local sports clubs, browse Saturday markets, chat with ramblers on footpaths and rediscover beauty & contentedness.
Lionel Shriver tells those of us who live here what our country looks like if you leave it + rely on the media ecosystem of the very online right as a proxy for reality
July 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Not for the first time I am begging angry people to put the phone down, walk through actual streets, go to actual pubs, stand on the touch line at local sports clubs, browse Saturday markets, chat with ramblers on footpaths and rediscover beauty & contentedness.
July 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Writers gotta write!
For my twentieth birthday my parents bought me a portable typewriter and this typewriter cake…
For my twentieth birthday my parents bought me a portable typewriter and this typewriter cake…
July 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Writers gotta write!
For my twentieth birthday my parents bought me a portable typewriter and this typewriter cake…
For my twentieth birthday my parents bought me a portable typewriter and this typewriter cake…
😂 Ha, that was worth my FT Edit subscription.
Masterful opener to this article on the crushing costs of vets’ bills by Jonathan Guthrie
Masterful opener to this article on the crushing costs of vets’ bills by Jonathan Guthrie
July 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
😂 Ha, that was worth my FT Edit subscription.
Masterful opener to this article on the crushing costs of vets’ bills by Jonathan Guthrie
Masterful opener to this article on the crushing costs of vets’ bills by Jonathan Guthrie
Well this just landed.
The Chinese publisher of 365 Ways To Have a Good Day has just published a brand new edition of my book.
The title has been updated to 我的人生，不是一套商業模式 (‘This is my life not a business model’) which is a quote from the book.
The Chinese publisher of 365 Ways To Have a Good Day has just published a brand new edition of my book.
The title has been updated to 我的人生，不是一套商業模式 (‘This is my life not a business model’) which is a quote from the book.
July 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Well this just landed.
The Chinese publisher of 365 Ways To Have a Good Day has just published a brand new edition of my book.
The title has been updated to 我的人生，不是一套商業模式 (‘This is my life not a business model’) which is a quote from the book.
The Chinese publisher of 365 Ways To Have a Good Day has just published a brand new edition of my book.
The title has been updated to 我的人生，不是一套商業模式 (‘This is my life not a business model’) which is a quote from the book.
When we open a door, it lets other people in.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the power of being vulnerable, and where vulnerability sits in storytelling
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the power of being vulnerable, and where vulnerability sits in storytelling
July 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
When we open a door, it lets other people in.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the power of being vulnerable, and where vulnerability sits in storytelling
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the power of being vulnerable, and where vulnerability sits in storytelling
My friend Bree has a new book out this week called Today Was Fun. It’s a brilliant read on reframing our relationship with work. I’ve published a little Q&A with her on my blog
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A Q&A with Bree Groff about her new book Today was Fun — The Ian Sanders Co.
My friend Bree has a new book out this week called Today Was Fun . It’s a brilliant read on reframing our relationship with work. Here’s a little Q&A with her: ‘What's the problem with work that...
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July 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
My friend Bree has a new book out this week called Today Was Fun. It’s a brilliant read on reframing our relationship with work. I’ve published a little Q&A with her on my blog
www.iansanders.com/blog/today-w...
www.iansanders.com/blog/today-w...
A beautiful gathering.
Four days at Do Wales on David and Clare's farm.
Laughter, conversations. The thrill of meeting new people.
Singing and dancing. Walking on the beach, laying in the grass. Incredible food. Good coffee. Eating outside. Playing with Smithy the dog
#dolectures
Four days at Do Wales on David and Clare's farm.
Laughter, conversations. The thrill of meeting new people.
Singing and dancing. Walking on the beach, laying in the grass. Incredible food. Good coffee. Eating outside. Playing with Smithy the dog
#dolectures
July 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A beautiful gathering.
Four days at Do Wales on David and Clare's farm.
Laughter, conversations. The thrill of meeting new people.
Singing and dancing. Walking on the beach, laying in the grass. Incredible food. Good coffee. Eating outside. Playing with Smithy the dog
#dolectures
Four days at Do Wales on David and Clare's farm.
Laughter, conversations. The thrill of meeting new people.
Singing and dancing. Walking on the beach, laying in the grass. Incredible food. Good coffee. Eating outside. Playing with Smithy the dog
#dolectures
Friday lunchtime in Leigh-on-Sea at the Unplugged walk club
June 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Friday lunchtime in Leigh-on-Sea at the Unplugged walk club
Giving my Do Lectures slides a spin before I head to Wales next week
June 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Giving my Do Lectures slides a spin before I head to Wales next week