Rich Blake

A place to reflect on how I'm learning to live with arthritis, my experience leading high performing teams and everything else in between.

Rich Blake's blog

This is a home for my thoughts on some important things in my life. I'm trying to create new opportunities for 'Ah-ha! moments' as I try and process what's going in in my work, social and home life.

My ambition is greater than my ability to beat the curse of writer's block, so I've put a backlog of my ideas up on my open backlog progress page. Feel free to browse what I'm interested in and let me know if anything stands out to you.

Latest posts



Weeknote 3: A good week for deep work

A week of deep focus, good films, and small reminders that the right conditions make all the difference.


Liberating Structures Tier List

A reflection of how I think about liberating structures as a toolkit of facilitation structures.


Weeknote 2: Finding space

A weeknote about moving away from extremes and learning to live in the middle.



Mastering stand ups

Stand ups are easy to take for granted. This guide shows what to keep in mind to get the most out of them.