These are the kinds of words you don’t want to hear, especially if you are like me and not good at plumbing. Water and I just don’t mix. This time though it wasn’t really my problem but rather a problem in one of my daughter’s flats. Being the caring father I was happy to try … Continue reading The toilet’s not working
Give them 2.54 cms
Give them 2.54 cms and they’ll take 1.61 kms as the expression goes. Once again the faux prospect of reintroducing imperial measures has raised its head, not that they ever went away. You can still order a pint of beer, buy a quarter of cheese and drive at seventy miles an hour. There are some … Continue reading Give them 2.54 cms
Read Me
Image thanks to Medium Our Digital Peer Network group is coming to an end. In a couple of weeks it will be all over. When it started I would have been glad of its impending completion yet as the weeks have gone by and the discussions have become more interesting, part of me wishes it … Continue reading Read Me
Different folks
Image thanks to AccountingWEB Back to the Digital Peer Group again, to the same conversation about managing different people. I was reminded of it again when sitting having a coffee with Ben. He struggled to describe his colleagues who work in cyber security and eventually chose the word quirky. He apologised as it wasn’t quite … Continue reading Different folks
Opening up again
In the last few weeks the world seems to have opened up again. Where once everyone was happy to have an online meeting suddenly more and more people want to see you face to face. It is great but it is also a pain. Nobody is more happy than me to get to see people … Continue reading Opening up again
EU regulation
Nearly six years on from the referendum on membership of the EU, Brexit is still dominating the news. Despite COVID and the numerous scandals, both political and now royal, the B word has been a constant backdrop to our lives. The Prime Minister and his fans insist that Brexit got done, yet the appointment of … Continue reading EU regulation
Corporate cafe
I’ve worked in some very large organisations, some with thousands of people and others with depots and branches spread across Europe. For much of my working life I had considered myself as someone who enjoyed the corporate life. I found a home in the organisation and the office politics (even though I railed against it). … Continue reading Corporate cafe
Little companies become big companies
Image thanks to All Business I’ve had a couple of conversations over the last few weeks with people who have been working for companies that have been taken over. Not surprisingly they have found themselves moving from a smaller company to a larger one. They haven’t liked the experience. Undoubtedly companies buy others for a … Continue reading Little companies become big companies
Siding with liars
Anyone who has ever watched Prime Minister’s Questions will be aware of one of the strangest bits of political theatre. MPs get to ask questions of the Prime Minister, which he avoids answering but instead makes some arbitrary political point. This is clearly frustrating to MPs, of all colours, especially when the Prime Minister lies … Continue reading Siding with liars
Talking ethics again
Last year I was asked to talk about business ethics to a group of students at Newcastle College. This was on the back of me being involved in the North East initiative on Business Ethics. I blogged about it back in May and must have done a reasonable job as I was asked back again. … Continue reading Talking ethics again
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 