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TudoRama explores the nature and practice of creativity in the arts, sciences, politics and above all in everyday life. Tudor Rickards is Emeritus Professor of Creativity and Organizational Change at the University of Manchester. Tudor studied chemistry and radiation chemistry at The University of Wales at Cardiff. Following post-doctoral research at New York Medical College, he returned to the UK to work in technical management before joining Manchester Business School. He has published numerous books and articles on creativity, sporting management and leadership, as well as fictional works involving the mythical University of Urmston. He has been influential in the development of creativity-related projects in Europe, including the European Association for Creativity and Innovation (EACI), and was co-founder (with Susan Moger) of the journal Creativity and Innovation Management. He is also author of detective stories centred around the fictional University of Urmston, and a nearby chess club which houses a top-secret government surveillance operation. His recent switch to podcasting reaches out to a wider general audience interested in current affairs, and the processes of creativity previously described in his lectures, blogposts, and textbooks.

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Chronicles of Leadership Chapter Eleven. A Funeral Takes Place

November 16, 2022 • Tudor Rickards

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Wendy Lockinge is preparing to attend the funeral of Dr Trescothick killed in the accident at Meniscus Laboratories. She muses on how much a mystery he remains.
After the lengthy drive to Kent in the University's ageing Bentley she encounters three men whose lives seem connected to that of Brian Trescothick. She labels then the Mourner, the Soldier and the Man of Power.
The Mourner is Sir Mervyn Bulliton, Chairman of Meniscus laboratories.
The soldier, still an impressive figure, is now in his eighties, and maintains a dignified silence distant from the others at the ceremony.
The Man of Power only appears briefly after the committal, remaining in a the back of the Rolls Royce. Bulliton hurries towards the car, attempts a conversation, but recoils in apparent terror at his encounter with the Man in the car, as the Rolls moves away ...

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