ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Graham Allcott is a productivity trainer, social entrepreneur and founder of Think Productive. Think Productive run public workshops throughout the UK and also run in-house workshops for staff at a diverse range of organizations including the Cabinet Office (UK government), The National Trust, eBay, Heineken, BT, GlaxoSmithKline and the University of Bristol.

Think Productive workshops include:

Getting your inbox to zero

Email etiquette

How to get things done

Making meetings magic

Smells like team spirit

How to be a productivity ninja

Prior to founding Think Productive, Graham’s career has been primarily in the charity sector and focused on social action. He ran community volunteering projects for the University of Birmingham before becoming Chief Executive of the charity Student Volunteering England and then setting up his social enterprise consultancy, Fruitful Consulting.

He was also co-founder of Intervol, the founding Chairman of READ International and has advised Governments, both red and blue, on youth and community issues, most notably The Russell Commission and National Citizen Service. He is a trustee of the youth homelessness charity, Centrepoint.

Despite an intolerance of failure elsewhere in his life, he is an Aston Villa season ticket holder.

Graham lives in Brighton, UK.