According to David Clutterbuck , co-founder of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council, ‘An expert is someone whose existing knowledge hinders their new learning.’ Hearing this takes me right back to my University days when learning about evolution. During that time I realised that specialisation is the last stage before extinction. In the animal kingdom, … Continue reading An expert
Growth through Mentoring
I’ve been doing a lot of networking lately. Since leaving Durham I have thrown myself headlong into seeing as many people as possible to try and gauge what opportunities may be out there. It is amazing how kind and generous people are. One of them is Helen from the North East LEP. There is enormous … Continue reading Growth through Mentoring
What can machines do better?
You would think it is an easy question. What can machines do better than people can? Most people could answer it though they had to draw breath first and repeat the question while they thought about it. I was at the excellent Northumbrian Water Group Innovation Festival at Gosforth Park Racecourse. I was only able … Continue reading What can machines do better?
Happy birthday Art
It’s Art’s birthday. I had forgotten all about it until Facebook reminded me. Art is not a real person, he is a figment of my imagination and his story goes back to July 2009. I was working at North Tyneside Council at the time and we had just moved into the nice new Quadrant building … Continue reading Happy birthday Art
Jugaad the gutter
That piece of gutter had been annoying me for years. Ever since we had the conservatory built at the back of the house I was not able to get to clean it and after a while it had got dirty with algae and moss. I had sat and stared at it for years from the … Continue reading Jugaad the gutter
My first blog from #Dynamo17
It seems a long time since Sarah, Ed and I first talked about holding the Dynamo17 conference at Durham University. A lot has happened since then and I have ended up not as involved as I was at the start. This is the fourth conference that Dynamo has held as part of its drive to … Continue reading My first blog from #Dynamo17
Self-limiting behaviour
Alan has been all over the world. He has lived in some of the most dynamic working environments the globe has to offer and now he has come home. With a twitch upon the thread he has returned to his motherland. Hebburn. He was telling me about some of the differences he noticed since returning. … Continue reading Self-limiting behaviour
Near future jobs. #DSS17
I am still thinking about digital skills after the DSS17 conference at Sunderland Software City. It is such a complex problem to deal with. There are so many players involved, right from parents and family, through the education system to employers. Even peer pressure has a part to play. One interesting aspect about working in … Continue reading Near future jobs. #DSS17
Super-ageing population
We have a super-ageing population. Thanks to breakthroughs in public health and disease management the global population is getting older. In short, fewer people are dying young and more people are surviving to old age. This presents us with an interesting set of issues. Already three countries are super-aged. They have more than twenty per … Continue reading Super-ageing population
Digital Skills Summit #DSS17
I haven’t used the expression the digital divide in a long time. It seems a little quaint and old fashioned now though it still exists. There are still the have nots in the digital world. Let’s face it, the whole world is going digital and having access to the technologies is essential for modern living. … Continue reading Digital Skills Summit #DSS17
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 