Image thanks to FastCompany When does a work colleague become a friend? That is a question that I tried to avoid. For many years, during almost all of my working life, I was in a position of management. I started with a team of three way back in the early eighties and peaked in the … Continue reading Work friends
How do dogs think?
Image thanks to Animalia-life.club It seems like a long time since Xmas. January, which is normally the longest of months, dark, damp and dreary, has rushed past and thoughts of spring and warmer weather are emerging from their winter dormancy. Yet this story goes back to a family gathering just after the big day. We … Continue reading How do dogs think?
Consumer Confidence
According to the BBC, there is ‘one measure that can tell us a lot about the state of the UK economy’. That measure is Consumer Confidence. This is a measure of what people are apparently ‘feeling’ about their prospects, currently and into the future. NIQ, the world’s leading consumer intelligence company (sic) and producer of … Continue reading Consumer Confidence
Away strips
It’s been quite a couple of weeks for Newcastle United but then isn’t every couple of weeks these days, the matches keep coming thick and fast. An away win in the league at Burnley, home wins against Crystal Palace and a thriller against Leeds United have seen the club up to a more respectable 6th … Continue reading Away strips
It’s the most wasteful time of the year
Happy New Year, I hope it is good for you, though looking at the news these days I am not so sure. The festive period is always billed as the most wonderful time of the year and yes, it is lovely to have some time off from the grinding mill, to spend time with family … Continue reading It’s the most wasteful time of the year
Goodbye LinkedIn
Image thanks to tictacseo. It’s that time of year when you try to make sense of the past and turn your thoughts to the future. I’ve long given up on resolutions but I have been thinking about what life is like as I get further and further away from work. One of the things I … Continue reading Goodbye LinkedIn
Getting there
For me, it has always been about the journey rather than the destination. I know this sounds like a cliche yet I don’t mean the physical act of traveling somewhere but rather the movement from one particular position to another. At work I was far more interested in seeing movement towards a desired objective rather … Continue reading Getting there
A Completionist
To be honest I had never heard the word until the other day when one of my connections on BlueSky used it. He was interested in my quest to read a book from an author born in every country in the world. He said ‘As a fellow completionist, I love this project, and am glad … Continue reading A Completionist
They said I would be back
They said that I would be back at work by Christmas. Nobody believed that it would be over for me but with twenty or so working days until the fat man arrives, it looks like they were wrong. I’m happy that I have left it all behind and, to be honest, the thought of going … Continue reading They said I would be back
Budget furore
Image thanks to Manchester Evening News. The budget is one of the high points of the political calendar, determining and laying out to the electorate how the government plans to spend its (our) money over the coming year and beyond. It gives succour to the media for weeks in advance, telling its readers and listeners … Continue reading Budget furore
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 