In the days leading up to a corporate away day or team-building event, I frequently hear concerns from neurodivergent senior leaders who are already trying to calculate the emotional and logistical toll. They are expected to attend back-to-back seminars, manage

Until recently, autism and ADHD were conditions most often associated with children. But in the past decade, thousands of adults in their forties, fifties and even retirement years have been diagnosed – or have come to identify – as neurodivergent.

Within the space of a decade, RR Haywood has risen to the status of one Britain’s bestselling self-published authors. With nearly four million sales worldwide to-date and more than 40 books to his name, of which 25 are Kindle and Audible

British author RR Haywood’s ‘The Undead’ carries a label on its cover with the words ‘NO-AI’, an acronym for ‘Naturally Original – Authentically Invented’. The book’s sales listing also includes a written warranty that offers readers extra protection in the event

First things first — I’m claiming credit for using “AI’d” as a verb. (ChatGPT tells me it’s the past participle of an informal verb derived from AI, as in Artificial Intelligence.) Not that I’d know. Despite somehow ending up as an

Before becoming a full-time author, I was a police officer for more than 20 years In that time, I was part of my force’s riot squad. They’re not actually called ‘riot squads’, by the way; the 43 police services in

We’re all guilty of adopting the latest buzzwords and catchphrases. Running around, bumping into people and proclaiming, “I haven’t seen you in a minute!” Despite our best efforts, the annoying bits of corporate fluff sneak into our emails too, and before

My new novel, Murder Crime on Gallymay, is, by my own admission, an “almost cosy” murder mystery. I thought it sat quite firmly in the genre of police procedurals, and I say that with a degree of confidence, because I was

I’m fascinated by AI. So when I became a novelist, it was natural to start writing stories in that genre. That journey led to Delio Phase One and now Phase Two, where I explore what happens when an AI first gains awareness, then

The rise of AI in creative fields has sparked some meaningful debates. And one question that keeps cropping up in writing circles is this: Is it cheating to use AI to help write a book, even if all the ideas are