Always make sure you access the meeting using the links on this page which will always take you to the up-to-date access point and connection method.

If you see a message about another meeting in progress then it's because I have a client meeting or coaching session which conflicts with the Bike Shed. Unfortunately I can only have one active meeting at a time, even if I'm not taking part, so if you see that message do check back later.

In these trying times, social isolation might keep us physically safe, but we run the long term risk of creating mental health problems, as social isolation is knowing to be a leading factor in depression.

Keep yourself sane as well as safe by joining me, every week day, from 13:00 to 14:00 UK time in my online video conference 'Behind the Bike Shed'.

The joining instructions have changed slightly due to the antics of teenage boys with time on their hands, so do check the joining instructions in bold text below and always use this page to access the meeting in case I change the conference link to deter hackers.

Survive social distancing with the gift of modern technology. Social isolation is one of the primary factors in depression, whether it's animals in zoos or humans hunched over dining tables. What we need to get us through this is social chatter, the background noise that none of us remembers at the end of the working day, but which our social brains depend on to retain our sense of connectedness, our sense of community, even our sense of self.

Join me for an hour every lunchtime. Sit and eat your sandwiches or leftover takeaway. Chat about nothing. Be part of a herd. Give tips on how to conserve toilet paper. Just lurk. Anything, as long as you feel part of something.

You know you want it.

Join me, every week day, Behind the Bike Shed.

Chat with people from all over the world, share stories, jokes, join in the office chatter and gossip that is missing from our lives right now.

I know you're thinking that you're 'fine' by yourself. Have your sleeping patterns changed? Eating? Watching more cat videos on YouTube? Finding it harder to get through your 'to do' list? Then heed the signs and join us.

Practice social distancing together. Just chat, hang out, eat your lunch, join the office gossip when there is no longer an office. Belong.

Click here to join in the fun... if you can call it that.

You don't need a Zoom account to join, but do please enter your full name when you connect so that I know who you are.

If you're stuck in the waiting room then I have mistaken you for a hacker, in which case email me using the contact form on this website.