October 31, 2011 / Legislation, Physical restraint, Prison Service, Self-defence, Tips, Violence / PBrereton
Changes to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 have come into force recently mean that any death whilst in custody comes within the remit of this act. This means that not only t
October 24, 2011 / Conflict Management, Personal Safety, Self-defence, Tips / PBrereton
The news is full of stories about attacks on people here’s just a few... ...a chef attacked one of his staff in a rage after renowned food critic AA Gill reported that his meal was ‘disgustingâ
August 8, 2011 / Conflict Management, Legislation, News, NHS, Personal Safety, Physical restraint, Self-defence, Tips / Darren Good
A friend of mine was telling me about an article he’d read on a solicitor's website about a care-worker who had won damages as a result of her claim for personal injury when a patient she was dealin
August 3, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, News, Personal Safety, Physical restraint / Darren Good
It’s likely that many of the readers of my blog will know the dangers of using restraint techniques already. Most experts in the field would argue that used properly the restraint of an individual i
July 5, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, News, POLITE Model, Tips / Darren Good
This week I have been working on a revision to one of my training modules to reflect a client’s need and having enjoyed a spectacular start to the weekend with the men’s final at Wimbledon...I hav
May 19, 2010 / Self-defence, Tips, Violence / Darren Good
There was a sad story in the media this week about a shoplifter who unfortunately died in police custody. These stories are always sad and I don’t know how the person in this particular case died bu
May 14, 2010 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, Self-defence / Darren Good
In my opinion, e-learning does have a place in Conflict Resolution Training but its not the panacea. At GoodSense we do offer a number of e-learning courses which help fill a gap and give someone a
February 26, 2010 / Armed Forces, Martial Arts, Violence / Darren Good
This week I found this interesting article on our boys being trained by the US marines. There is a trend in the United States to seek out new the best martial arts systems and incorporate them into th
January 11, 2010 / Conflict Resolution, Door Supervisor Training, Good Sense News, News / Darren Good
A belated Happy New Year to you all, 2009 was a great year for me and GoodSense Conflict Resolution Training. Overall we managed to win quite a lot of new clients and our business grew by more than 40
December 18, 2009 / Conflict Resolution, News, NHS / Chris Norton
Hi my name is Chris Norton, I am the managing director of Dead Dinosaur and a serial blogger. I work with Darren on a few things and whilst he is sunning himself in Australia I promised him I would wr