Simon Minty's recent thoughts and more

Whilst chatting with a long standing client  she exclaimed “Simon, I had no idea about your work internationally. You need to tell people about it!”   We were attending a meeting at Middlesex University to hear about new research in to how diversity strategies have been implemented in global organisations. I was invited by the British Council, an organisation I've worked with for many years, who had commissioned the research. I was asked to speak outlining my experience and the work I’ve done. This is work I love and have enjoyed immensely over the years. So here we go... Meeting bankers in Hong Kong I should clarify I specifically work in field of disability rather than the broader diversity arena. I have been working internationally since 2002. Around half of those trips have been because the British Council have asked me to go to a region. The other half has been for a range of organisations including Bank of America, Google, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and McDonald...

The hip is working well. I did trip over the other day... As I was walking, I felt my trousers slipping down a little. I reached behind to pull them up forgetting that my walking stick was in the same hand. The stick got caught between my shins and down I tumbled. There was a weird sensation in my new hip, just for a moment. Almost like a twang but much softer. As someone who has poor balance tripping is perfectly normal to me and my well honed skills of arms out, fall in to a press up position prevented any physical harm. I got up and thirty seconds later all was fine. This new walking lark is amazing and complicated. Work is busy. I've run a lot of training events with media organisations such as All3Media , Endemol Shine and Warner Bros , some via  Indie Training Fund.  Really enjoyable courses, either discussing employment and adjustments or getting deep in to portrayal of disability on TV with people who make the shows. Those I met know how to do it, sometimes they just...

The latest  BBC Ouch  show is out. It's about comedy, mental health, pony tales, doing activities that your impairment suggests you shouldn't and me and  Kate Monaghan-Cocker  making quips.  Mighty fine guest include  Laurence Clark   Harriet Dyer  and  Jack Binstead  who are fun and funny . Hope you like it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p040388d In the studio BBC Ouch show L-R Laurence Clark, Kate Monaghan-Cocker, Jack Binstead, Harriet Dyer

The latest BBC Ouch show is out! It sees the return of the brilliant and un-PC game, Vegetable, Vegetable, Vegetable where co-host Kate Monaghan-Coker,  @katiekatetweets   our guests and I try and guess the callers 'disability' against the clock.  We interview BAFTA nominated actor Ruth Madeley @ruth_madeley from the brilliant BBC television drama  Don’t Take My Baby and classical pianist Nicolas McCarthy  @ NMcCarthyPiano  who has one hand and plays us a tune or two on the grand piano (again, brilliantly) in the studio. Ruth and Nicholas tell us of their made up responses whe n someone asks 'how did you become disabled?' The team from Stay Up Late @stayuplateuk  call in and tell us about their gig buddy project.  You can download, stream or subscribe via iTunes.  BBC Ouch site BBC Ouch iTunes Host Kate watches on as Nichols plays piano in the studio

We recently celebrated the tenth birthday of BBC Ouch's podcast!  The original King and Queen of the show, Liz Carr and Mat Fraser , were reunited to reminisce about the early days and then update us on what they've been up to since leaving - BBC1 Silent Witness and US American Horror Story anyone?  We pose the question, 'Who is the best disabled character on TV?' to former BBC Exec  Tanya Motie  media professional David Hevey and US commentator Lawrence Carter-Long   There's an inappropriate guessing game and we discuss why podcasts are often the authentic voice with podmesiter  Helen Zalzman  Two pics below, one of us in the studio and one of me in #doubledenim which my co-host Kate Monaghan-Cocker took just because I was in denim. I hope to follow Liz's career path and bag myself a detective role on Death in Paradise.  Stream or download http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03pqcjf  Subscribe via iTunes https://itunes.apple....