Image thanks to podtail A huge ‘hats off’ to Sunak. Yes, you read that right. Whilst we should never have been here in the first place, the renegotiation of the Northern Ireland Protocol is welcome news. It signals the start of a more mature relationship with the EU, where each side appears to have come … Continue reading That protocol
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
It had to happen
For over eleven years now I have been writing this blog. I started with five days a week and, when I semi-retired, went down to three times to reflect the number of days I was working. Ever since the first time that someone read my blog, which wasn’t until a week or so after I … Continue reading It had to happen
Small boats
No small boats here. Simon Clarke, the MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, tweeted ‘Small boats are THE issue in my surgeries and on the doors. We have to do whatever it takes to end what most northern voters at least think is an insult to our ability to police our borders, and a … Continue reading Small boats
Stop and reflect
I was making my way to Aspire on the Quayside at Gateshead, along the road from the small car park to its new offices. Just outside the door, on the other side of the road, there were some wilted flowers tied to a lamppost, something you see all too frequently on busy roads where someone … Continue reading Stop and reflect
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?
Leading with Newcastle
Image thanks to TechNation Last week I had the privilege of being on a panel at Womble Bond Dickinson’s great North East digital sector: 2023 outlook event at the Catalyst in the heart of Newcastle University. The panel I was on was about Digital for Good, a subject I was more than happy to talk … Continue reading Leading with Newcastle
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
Emerging parties
Image thanks to Prospect Magazine Evolution is one of those subjects that has fascinated me for years. The process of species forming out of another is mindblowing, so seemingly complex that people often cite the fact there are no missing links as proof that it doesn’t happen. Yet if you think about how many trillions … Continue reading Emerging parties
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 