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
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
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
Flexible working (again)
Image thanks to Advice First The first session of our Digital Peer Network got off with a discussion on hybrid and flexible working. Throughout the pandemic many of us have been able to, and indeed required to work from home. Overnight the world changed and those who had advocated that much work coil be done … Continue reading Flexible working (again)
Antivaxxers
I’m not one of them. I have had my two shots as well as my booster and, no doubt if offered another COVID-19 injection I will be there in the queue. I have also had all my injections at school and my children have had theirs so I can’t be accused of being against vaccinations. … Continue reading Antivaxxers
Oh Christmas Tree
Well, that didn’t take too long. The decorations are down and the house looks less cluttered again. Everything is away in the loft for another eleven months. Each year we go through the same ritual though of late we have been putting up fewer adornments. The mainstay of our decorations is of course the tree. … Continue reading Oh Christmas Tree
Happy New Year 2022
For the last four years now I have published my resolutions and looked back at what I had achieved in the year before. This year I am not going to but instead I will be going with one resolution. Looking back on the year it has had some good bits and some not so good. … Continue reading Happy New Year 2022
Another blogging year
Well, this is my last blog for the year. Indeed it may be my last blog ever as I always use this time of year to stop and think about what I want to do. There are so many things that press on my time, most of them self-imposed, that I have to declutter from … Continue reading Another blogging year
Time off with the Maias
Image thanks to Pintrest Bank holiday Monday, a day off for some in lieu of Christmas day. We’re now in that strange period between the end of one year and the start of another. There may still be a few hangover events from the festive break, with visits to relatives or a trip to the … Continue reading Time off with the Maias
Reset anyone?
Working with Eiji Toyoda, Taiichi Ohno helped establish the Toyota Production System laying the groundwork for today’s Just-in-Time methodology. He was reportedly asked what the system was called, yet he was reluctant to give it a name as he believed that once a system was given a name it would become codified and bastardised into … Continue reading Reset anyone?
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 