We’ve been played. We’re still being played and they will keep doing it to us as long as it works. Despite the enormous problems in the world we are easily distracted by something farcical or irrelevant. Our eyes are diverted from the real issues of the day. This has been going on for years but … Continue reading Replayed
The day after
I was having a nightmare! Not only had I lost my broadband (as I write this, ten days later, it is still not live) but the cursor on my beloved chromebook kept freezing, to the point that I had to send the whole thing back to the manufacturer (as I write this, ten days later, … Continue reading The day after
Coffee at Pink Lane
At all costs we want to stir up some sort of feeling in others. Our soul abhors a vacuum. At all costs it longs for contact - Hjalmar Soderberg, from Doctor Glass. It was good to meet up with Mike again. I have known him from my days at North Tyneside and we make the … Continue reading Coffee at Pink Lane
Big Issue
There are many big issues that swirl around in my head. A friend of mine once said to me that you should pick your battles, you can’t fight on all fronts yet these days I am not short of choices. I only have to open the papers or go on social media to get my … Continue reading Big Issue
Creative fuse 2.0
Sometimes life turns full circle. When I first left Durham and set up Guerrilla Working, one of the first contracts I won was to deliver The Rural Cultural Business Innovation Programme, as part of Creative Fuse North East. I say I won it but it was a collaboration with my good friend Justin Souter. It … Continue reading Creative fuse 2.0
Cluster lead
Being a cluster lead, or manager is an odd job. There isn’t really a job description or a definitive list of things that you have to do to be successful. Each of the four of us at Dynamo share notes yet we tend to operate in our own way. We’re skilled enough to bring our … Continue reading Cluster lead
I don’t need it
The biggest issue faced by the economy is not Coronavirus, nor indeed Brexit but the realisation that we can do without many of the things that we thought were essential. The pandemic may well have caused the recession, Brexit may yet make it worse (who knows) but coming out of it will be no easy … Continue reading I don’t need it
A message from our chief executive
Cyber crime is never very far away. It invades all of our lives whether we realise it or not and becomes a bigger problem by the day. COVID-19 has been used as an opportunity for criminals and mendacious types to step up their attacks. It is our data that they are after and while our … Continue reading A message from our chief executive
Green book
I’ve started writing a full business case. I’m calling it that as I have already finished the outline business case, a twenty page or so document describing an idea that I have been working on for a couple of years. These things take time! The business case is aiming to attract both public and private … Continue reading Green book
Food vouchers
The title of this blog is a little misleading, I admit, in that the Chancellor isn’t giving away food vouchers to those who can afford to eat out at restaurants. Rather, he has committed to using public money to reimburse some of the bill during August, with certain conditions of course. The ‘Eat out to … Continue reading Food vouchers
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 