Instructor Profile

Barry is a sought-after speaker, trainer, and personal development coach based in the UK with a special interest in the brain accelerated learning and people development. His current focus is developing high quality, simple, innovative, life-skills based, video e-learning courses. A bit of background information about Barry: He has worked in schools, colleges, and universities in the UK, and also in the corporate and SME sector, working with students, teachers, apprentices, managers, and leaders. His background is actually in clinical science where he ran an NHS Clinical Biochemistry Department in a District General Hospital and was also Quality Consultant to local hospitals and the local Health Authority. He also has an active interest in Health and Healing. Back in 1996, after training in 'mental literacy' with Tony Buzan (the inventor of Mind Mapping), Barry set up his own training company the House of Learning. A year later, he put some of his new skills to the test and competed in the World Memory and the World Speed Reading Championships (silver medal position in the latter). Altogether, Barry now has 20 years experience working in the personal development sector and in the field of business leadership. He is also a teacher and practitioner of Reiki.