John Sutherland

Podcast 36 | Ben chats to John Sutherland

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We Are More Than The Names That We Have And The Positions We Hold

John Sutherland joined the Met Police in 1992 after receiving the baton of honour, presented to the outstanding student during an officer’s basic training. He quickly rose through the ranks and as it says on the back cover of his first book ‘Blue’, experienced all that is extraordinary about a life in blue: saving lives, finding the lost, comforting the broken and helping taking the dangerous people off the streets. With the highs came the lows and in 2013 John suffered a major nervous breakdown and we talk about and how he’s managed to wrestle control back, later in the podcast.

A third book and his first in the fiction category ‘The Siege’ is on its way, straddling his second book ‘Crossing The Line’ and before getting into subjects like hostage negotiation, the art of listening and the reason for becoming a policeman in the first place, we spoke about why he started writing and the routines around that.

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Show Notes:

Jose Mourinho – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mourinho
Jurgen Klopp – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Klopp
‘Blue’ book – https://amzn.to/3r2qSCY
‘Crossing The Line’ book – https://amzn.to/3r5ceL7
’The Siege’ book – https://policecommander.wordpress.com/the-siege/
Ben’s book – https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1474608272/
Tom Fordyce – https://twitter.com/tomfordyce?lang=en
Jim Kwik’s book ‘Limitless’ – https://amzn.to/37neYN6
Damascus Road – https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/road+to+Damascus
Hammersmith Broadway -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammersmith_Broadway
Lancashire Police – https://www.lancashire.police.uk/
Ben’s Olympic Gold Medal – https://www.sportsjoe.ie/rugby/ben-ryan-fiji-olympic-sevens-rugby-187712
The Shawshank Redemption Film – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmzuHjWmXOc
Andy Millburn Podcast Episode – https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216?i=1000552662688
Boston Consultancy Group – https://www.bcg.com/en-gb/
Dog Day Afternoon Film – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3STmwLDDBcI
Phil Williams Head of Scotland Yard Hostage Unit – https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-williams-30242363/?originalSubdomain=uk
Chinese Symbol For Listening – https://rwwleadership.wordpress.com/2014/01/19/the-chinese-symbol-for-listening/

More About John Sutherland:

Website – https://policecommander.wordpress.com/about/
Media Agency – https://greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/john-sutherland/
Twitter – @policecommander
‘Blue’ book on Amazon – https://amzn.to/3r2qSCY
‘Crossing The Line’ book on Amazon – https://amzn.to/3r5ceL7
’The Siege’ book – https://policecommander.wordpress.com/the-siege/
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibl3M4dTF2U
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-sutherland-61994992/?originalSubdomain=uk