Image thanks to Coworker I know it’s a long time ago now but I do miss Campus North. For those of you either too young or not from these parts it was a coworking space on Carliol Square close enough to the centre of Newcastle. It was a place where you could hang out, meet … Continue reading Coworking space
The working week
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 15: UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt leaves Downing Street with the despatch box to present his spring budget to parliament on March 15, 2023 in London, England. Highlights of the 2023 budget are an increase in the tax-free allowance for pensions which the Chancellor hopes will stem the number of people taking … Continue reading The working week
Sitting opposite
Image thanks to Stratasan.com I’m in the middle of some negotiations. To be fair I am actually at the start. I won’t say what it is about as they are ongoing and wouldn’t want to jeopardise the outcome. That’s the way of negotiations, they are best done out of the glare of the public eye, … Continue reading Sitting opposite
AI will eat itself
Image thanks to unwindai-substack You can’t deny technology. It happens all the time. Our lives are constantly changing on the back of it. Such is the way of humanity ever since we lifted that first flint. The only difference between then and now, a gap of perhaps 600,000 years, is the pace of change. Eras … Continue reading AI will eat itself
Global Technology Innovation Contest
I was honoured to be asked to be one of the judges at Accenture’s Europe Innovate for Talent final last week. To be honest I was surprised to get the invitation and found myself in illustrious company with a strong dose of imposter syndrome. Why, I feel an imposter I am never sure. Like any … Continue reading Global Technology Innovation Contest
What’s the definition of hybrid working?
Image thanks to Mitel Back at the Catalyst in Newcastle, in a conversation somewhere around Womble Bond Dickinson’s event. I can’t recall if I was listening to a panel, sitting in a panel or just having a chat with a group of people but someone said that there was no definition of what hybrid working … Continue reading What’s the definition of hybrid working?
Draw your circle
The Penguin Book Of The British Short Story (volume 2) is a heavy tome. With 708 pages of prose plus an introduction and author biographies it was some job to hold in the bath. I apologies if the thought of me in the bath has put you off whatever it was you were doing but … Continue reading Draw your circle
Sanctioning cyber attack actors
Image thanks to NCSC Forty minutes before we started recording this week’s episode of our excellent podcast ‘It’s Cyber Up North’, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) made this announcement via Twitter: ‘UK and US partners have today sanctioned seven Russian cyber criminals associated with developing or deploying a range of ransomware strains.’ You can … Continue reading Sanctioning cyber attack actors
Who wrote that?
The desk in my home office is covered in paper, great big sheets of it. Do you remember the stuff? Smooth, off-white and creased where it had to be folded to get in my bag. Somewhere there is also a yellow notebook, half filled with my scribbles. The flip chart sheets are covered in writing … Continue reading Who wrote that?
Part time (as a man)
Image thanks to StudyLink It was one of those strange throw away comments that got me thinking. I was having a long overdue conversation with a colleague, who is a woman. Their gender is germain to the story. We were talking about part-time working and how I was trying to go down from three to … Continue reading Part time (as a man)
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 