Associate Editor Peter Atkinson graduated from Leeds University with a BA (Hons) in English, from Liverpool University with an MA also in English and with an MBA from London University in International Management. At present he is a teaching assistant and PhD student at Brunel Business School where he is researching how discourse creates organisation.He has over twenty years’ experience as a lecturer in business, management and information technology subjects and also as a trainer in a number of organisations including UK Parliament and Computacenter Plc. Mr Atkinson has been a member of BAM (British Academy of Management) since 2011.