Chris van Schaick

Chris van Schaick is a facilitator and trainer who specialises in helping organisations produce clearer, more effective and more enjoyable writing.

Are you keeping it simple?

For ten weeks this summer of 2012, Olympic Park was my working home. One day a memo came…


Are you hiding behind the elephant in the room?

John Rentoul of The Independent was on Radio 4 the other day, celebrating the third birthday of his…


When did you last hear silence?

I heard something the other day that I hadn’t heard for a long time. Silence. With a moment…


What are you learning to unlearn?

I spend a lot of time delivering unlearning. I help organisations and their people to write more clearly…


The legendary ad man Maurice Saatchi said something that caught my eye the other day:

“Because people are busier than ever, a précis is a modern form of good manners”. He was talking…


What does a bit of oil on canvas have to do with 21st century leadership?

Quite a bit, you realise, when you step inside the National Portrait Gallery. The entrance, just behind Trafalgar…


Leading The Way Home

Steve Radcliffe says: Hi, we have a new contributor this week. Chris was a client at the BBC,…