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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

🇨🇺 Havana, 1993 The first time I visited Cuba. I went back in 2005.

Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

There was a great column in @ftweekend.com recently on the power of poetry in times of crisis. So I googled it to find the link. No, not 🐓 🐓 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

It’s looking magical out on the mudflats

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

'Lard - 4 for 50p' Southend Market 1986: from my A level photography studies

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

‘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

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I guess being okay and not okay - and feeling that at the same time - is what it means to be human. We probably all feel that from time to time. It's a life lesson that's heightened since my cancer diagnosis. And that was the biggest lesson I learned last year: living with that duality.

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Why nothing beats pen & paper for my creativity, reflection and getting things done www.iansanders.com/blog/why-not...

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

‘When we put our heads above the parapet and say how we really feel, beautiful things can happen.’ From my 2025 Do Lecture

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Grateful for the late September sunshine

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

My grandfather Vincent Sanders played in a band - here’s his diary from 1939 with bookings in it

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

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-...

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

At the same time I was co-presenting a weekly music radio show for BBC Essex. And when Flaco played our local boozer The Grand in Leigh-on-Sea, I interviewed him for the show. I also played his single on my show that week - here’s the track listing for that show. #flacojimenez

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

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.

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I love Bree Groff’s new book Today was Fun www.breegroff.com/book

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Writers gotta write! For my twentieth birthday my parents bought me a portable typewriter and this typewriter cake…

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

😂 Ha, that was worth my FT Edit subscription. Masterful opener to this article on the crushing costs of vets’ bills by Jonathan Guthrie

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

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.

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

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

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Friday lunchtime in Leigh-on-Sea at the Unplugged walk club

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Giving my Do Lectures slides a spin before I head to Wales next week

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

The backdrop for today’s Unplugged walk club

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

A little story about my favourite architectural feature at the Southbank Centre and why we could all benefit from being a bit more Yellow at work www.iansanders.com/blog/six-way...

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

🚂 A stone's throw from The Railway Hotel, where you'd often see the late great Wilko, it was great to attend the naming ceremony of the Wilko Johnson train today. Here's his son Simon talking about his Dad's love of taking the train: how he'd always choose a window seat to see those estuary views

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

When I was a uni student I wrote an essay about the BBC production of Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. I sent a copy to the then controller of BBC2, Alan Yentob. I didn’t expect him to read it let alone take the time to reply with comments. So I’ll always remember this letter.

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Today. The perfect parklet lunch outside The Wilton Way Deli

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The origin story behind Work Hard and Be Nice To People I enjoyed this interview with @anthonyburrill.bsky.social www.itsnicethat.com/features/ant...

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Surely one of the best places in London for a lunch break, nap, team walk, alfresco work spot, whatever takes your fancy! Love this place - Camley Street nature park

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

A curly Tuesday afternoon in Leigh-on-Sea

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Leigh on Sea folk (and London folk who fancy a jaunt to the coast): The next Unplugged Walk Club takes place next Friday 2nd May at midday. All the details over on Insta: unpluggedwalkclub

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Thursday’s recipe for having a good day

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Like my friend Cali said, ‘it’s a light lift.’ All I needed to do was open Instagram and invite people to come along. So glad I made the Unplugged walk club idea happen.

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

A park bench + a new book to read

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

From a Fuel Safari with Nick along the south bank in central London, to an Unplugged walk club by the estuary: this week has been about taking people on walks along the side of the Thames…

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Get unplugged, take a break and walk together by the coast - we had a lovely bunch of people for today’s Unplugged walk club

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Seven years ago Nicholas came on one of my Fuel Safaris, an urban walking-based session where I help leaders navigate change. Today we repeated the event, having a wonderful sun-soaked Fuel Safari along the Thames.

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Grateful to be working outside today

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Not just the oldest pub in England (established 1189) but one of the friendliest. We just went for dinner and I got talking to a couple from Kent and a bloke from north London. Such friendly staff too. If you’re in Nottingham, give it a try…

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Ending the day with a walk on the beach

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Ian Sanders @iansanders.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Leigh-on-Sea folk (and London folk who fancy a jaunt to the coast): The next Unplugged Walk Club takes place next Friday 4th April at midday. All the details over on Insta www.instagram.com/p/DHs6PUtt8X...

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