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
Working part time
Image thanks to London.gov.uk I like working part time, I really like it. For nearly five years now I have been working a three day week. I started out working Monday, Tuesday and Thursday but now work Tuesday to Thursday. Many people I know work part time as well, it seems to be more common. … Continue reading Working part time
Partygate
What a mess this government has got into over the affairs leading to the Sue Gray report. We’ll not see the full report for some time as the parties are now subject to a police investigation. The Prime Minister has been sticking to the line that we should all wait for the report before coming … Continue reading Partygate
Little voice
Image thanks to DailyNLP I’ve been thinking a lot recently about that seemingly unstoppable voice inside my head. I gather everyone has one but please tell me if this is not so. I think of it both as a friend and foe. It has helped me solve many a problem throughout the years and my … Continue reading Little voice
NPD
Image thanks to EnglishExplorer.com I’ve finally got round to watching ‘Dark Woods’, the latest from Walter Presents. It’s got everything I like in a TV drama, it’s well written, full of great characters, and dark. I love watching crime thrillers in a foreign language. Somehow it adds another level of intrigue to the plot. Anyway, … Continue reading NPD
Football or politics
Image thanks to the BBC A conversation with my son in law can only ever go one of two ways, football or politics. This time it was the latter. We don’t always see eye to eye on everything political though we are mainly in tune. I’d hate for you to think we were like Alf … Continue reading Football or politics
First meetup of the year
This year is hurtling by. Already the first CyberNorth meetup of the year has been and gone. Before Christmas it seemed so far away. This was such an important meeting as we wanted to lay out our plans for the coming three years and, in particular, get a steer from the sector that we were … Continue reading First meetup of the year
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 