
Humberside MeshWORK...
Jan: Carried out major piece of Personal Therapy, using Penny Parks' Mistaken Belief Visualisation to facilitate the healthy development of vMEMES.
Commentary: The story of 'Susan' is told in the Therapy/Counselling pages.
Jan: Returned to teaching part-
Commentary: I had quit teaching 22 years previously and never thought
I would go back to it. However, with business not exactly flooding in and wanting
to further my understanding of Spiral Dynamics applied in the classroom, it seemed
like a good option...for the short term! (From the research angle, the result was
'A Downward Spiral...' in the Education pages.
Jan-
Jan-
Commentary: I turned down directorship on the grounds of potential
conflict of interest. (I wanted to sell my services to the Garths.) I resigned the
Expert Advisor position in Autumn 2002, partly due to other commitments and partly
in frustration at the way politicking by certain Board members was getting in the
way of developing vision and strategy.
In truth the Garths had a near-
This should not in any way detract from the remarkable commitment and dedication of certain Board members such as Terry Stephenson and Stephen Prior.
Feb: Started ISO 9001 project with ICW (UK) Ltd, helmed by Margaret Wood, former
leading light of the 21st Century Group.
Commentary: Margaret Wood was a most remarkable
woman. Widowed in her late Forties, she bought out her husband's former co-
She took her learning from the 21st Century Group and applied it first to herself,
then to her Company. However, while commercial considerations might have pushed Margaret
down the ISO 9000 route, the Self-
Feb-
Commentary: Angela Ogilvie and a couple of other teachers from the school wanted
to learn more about Spiral Dynamics and NLP, so we put on a programme of 5 x 1/2-
April: Following meeting with Jennifer Crossland, Manager of the Grimsby Europarc
Innovation Centre, established the 'Humberside MeshWORK' web site – to promote the
introduction of Spiral Dynamics and related Change Management methodologies into
the Humber sub-
Inspired by Jennifer's enthusiasm for applying Spiral Dynamics to regeneration issues,
I began to perceive how a MeshWORK approach could make a difference...how the social
and economic regeneration of the Humber sub-
In July 2002 I renamed Humberside MeshWORK 'Humber MeshWORKS' at the suggestion of former Common Purpose in Hull director David Burnby. He convinced me that the 'tribes of the Humber' were far too disparate for a single MeshWORK ever to be conceived and that it would be better to concentrate on smaller localised MeshWORK projects.
April: Don Beck used some of my materials in his keynote speech to the World Education Fellowship Conference in Sun City, South Africa.

The 'Guru' delivering at an 'Introduction...' Workshop, July 2001. [Lewis Lynch]
June-
Commentary: Photos from this workshop programme can be viewed in the Galleries pages.
July: Establishment of Humberside MESH Network, formed of 'graduates' from the two
St Mary's Porgrammes.
Commentary: The MESH Network was created as a response to questions
like, "What next?", "How can I learn to use this more?", "How do I find out more
about these concepts?" "We gelled so well together, during the course and it will
help us to stay in contact...what's the best way of doing that?"
Though I had no idea at the time, the MESH Network -

Cobus old friends in East Yorkshire, August 2001 -
Aug: Now relocated in Hull, became Humberside representative for Cobus Business Services
Ltd, run by former Business Link Wakefield chief advisor Steven Beevers.
Commentary:
Steve and I found ourselves both working in ICW at the same time -
Aug: Began open-
Commentary: Hodgsons would prove to be
one of the most satisfying in-
In 2002 Hodgsons won the Hull Daily Mail Business of the Year Award.
A case study of the work with Hodgsons can be found on the Business pages. It is
believed to be the first time a commercial company in the UK has tried the MeshWORK
approach.
Aug: Started ISO 9001 project with QSI Group Ltd, centred on their Grimsby
and Teeside offices.
Commentary: The QSI project was the way I liked to do quality
consultancy. Although I supplied some template materials, Engineering Director Steve
Watson took complete responsibility for developing the system, using me as a teacher/reference
and a check on his work. Consequently QSI, owned their quality system -
Aug: Gave an interactive presentation on Spiral Dynamics and Adizes to the Grimsby
Europarc Innovation Circle.
Commentary: The Innovation Circle was Jennifer Crossland's
'baby' -
Sept: Delivered a short course in values-
Nov: Designed and developed web site for ICW.
Nov-
Commentary: Summit supremos Wendy Baxter and Linda Riley
were real NLP enthusiasts -