Submitted by Jack Milner on November 25, 2025
If you really want to sound clever, try recommending someone no one else has ever heard of. You know the type of thing: an art critic proclaiming, “Oh, Maddy Diggy-Doo Buggy-Doom is unquestionably the most important artist of the 20th century,” and everyone nods sagely, hoping no one notices they’re Googling under the table.
Submitted by Jack Milner on November 11, 2025
It’s a great question, and one I’m often asked.
When I ran comedy workshops, I only met one person who was adamant they couldn’t do funny. He told me, “My wife sent me here because she says I need a sense of humour so we can watch Fawlty Towers together.” In truth, he was actually very funny – even if he didn’t always realise it.
So, can anyone really do funny?
Submitted by Jack Milner on November 5, 2025
How many of us start a presentation with:
“I’m here today to talk to you about…”
It’s the presentation equivalent of a beige sandwich - brown bread, beef or mushroom pate filling. Safe, polite, and sadly very forgettable.
But what if you started with something that made your audience sit up, lean in, and think, “Ooh, this is different”? And different in a good way.
Submitted by Jack Milner on September 30, 2025
If you want to find out how good your next presentation will be, do this simple equation.
Marking out of 10.
Submitted by Jack Milner on September 10, 2025
Three things that have made a massive difference to my productivity, mental health, and overall effectiveness—so I thought I’d share them:
I don’t need to keep checking my favourite news websites. A quick glance at the TV news is enough.
Avoid social media. It’s designed to eat time.
And Stoke City really don’t need me constantly checking how they’re doing.
I love the rule of 3 - breaking things down into threes. It’s not just a productivity hack, it’s also a comedy staple.
Submitted by Jack Milner on September 3, 2025
One of the biggest challenges in presenting is that little chap on your shoulder: Impostor Syndrome. Giving you constructive feedback like, “You’re rubbish, nobody’s listening, you’ve messed it up again. Oh God, you’re so boring, no one’s listening!” Meanwhile, you’re just trying to get through your slides without your laptop or your boss catching fire.
Submitted by Jack Milner on August 22, 2025
We all know them. The Serious People™.
They speak in that “business voice” – the one that makes everything sound like it was written by a legal bot with attitude. Sadly they’re convinced that anything less will make them look like a candidate for Love Island. They have to look uber professional and are under the impression this will make them look impressive. It doesn’t. It makes them forgettable. It makes them exhausting.
Why too much Seriousness Fails
Submitted by Jack Milner on July 22, 2025
Ever heard of the rogue monkey effect? No, it's not a new IPA or a yoga move. It’s actually something brilliant from the mind of performance psychologist and world class speaker, Jamil Qureshi (seriously, check him out https://www.jamilqureshi.com/— he’s worked with astronauts, Premier League footballers, and me writing this post, which is clearly the pinnacle of his career).
