Resources
A growing library of practical tools, essays, and reflective resources
This page gathers together the public-facing resources connected to my work on practical wisdom, character, virtue, coaching, moral psychology, and education.
Public
Open essays, updates, and selected resources available to all readers.
Free members
Free access to selected tools and resources for subscribers who want to keep up with my work.
Available now
Resources currently available through the site.
Practical Wisdom Deliberation Tool
A guided tool for thinking through real decisions, dilemmas, conflicts, and aims using a practical wisdom framework.
- Map the situation, people, roles, and constraints.
- Identify virtues at stake and possible vices of excess or deficiency.
- Compare possible courses of action through the CIVIC model.
- Print, download, or copy a structured deliberation summary.
Essays and reflections
Essays and reflections developing ideas from practical wisdom, virtue ethics, character education, coaching, and moral psychology.
- Longer public-facing essays.
- Conceptual notes and reflections.
- Updates on my current work.
Practical Wisdom Coaching resources
Future resources connected to my book and wider work on Practical Wisdom Coaching.
- Reflection prompts.
- Coaching worksheets.
- Character and virtue exercises.
- Applied CIVIC model materials.
Ideas in development
These are possible resources I may develop, depending on what readers and members find useful.
CIVIC Reflection Worksheet
A structured worksheet for testing whether goals and actions fit biological realities, individual life contexts, and social responsibilities.
- Personal-context reflection.
- Other-person impact prompts.
- Action recalibration questions.
Coaching Prompt Library
A possible bank of practical prompts for coaches, educators, and reflective practitioners interested in wisdom, virtue, and character.
- Moral identity prompts.
- Virtue calibration questions.
- Reflection and review prompts.
What would help you?
I am still deciding what to build next. Rather than guessing in splendid isolation, I would like to hear from readers and members about what would actually be useful.
- Would you use printable worksheets?
- Would short coaching prompts be helpful?
- Would you prefer interactive tools, downloadable PDFs, or longer essays?
- Are there particular dilemmas, virtues, or coaching situations you would like resources for?
Future access
For now, the emphasis is on public writing and free member resources. Depending on what people find useful, I may later introduce an additional member tier with more developed resources.
If that happens, I want it to be shaped by genuine demand rather than by inventing a paywall first and a purpose afterwards.
A note on boundaries: this resource area is not a substitute for the MA in Character Education at the University of Birmingham, nor does it provide access to MA teaching materials. It is also not the consultancy route for schools, organisations, or institutions. For consultancy, training, mentoring, or evaluation support, please visit characterED. This page is a public-facing space for my own writing, tools, and resources.
Free members can access selected resources such as the Practical Wisdom Deliberation Tool. Future resources will be shaped by what readers and members tell me would be genuinely useful.