Image thanks to Freepik You would think I would have learned to stop worrying by now but I haven’t. I can’t count the number of sleepless nights and subsequent lousy days I have had in the run up to an event or a project launch. No matter what I do to try to stop the … Continue reading The Hand of Providence
Getting Closer to Innovation
Image thanks to Freepik Time is a funny thing. I can’t really decide whether January is going quickly or slowly. At the end of December, despite all the other things that were going on, I was panicking over the short amount of time that we had to plan for CyberNorth’s Innovation Centre #2. It was … Continue reading Getting Closer to Innovation
In scope
Image thanks to Siccar.net A few weeks back I mentioned how I was working through the application to become a B Corp. Whether we go for accreditation is very much up in the air at the moment, yet it is a very interesting exercise. Thanks to some significant help from Katrina at UMI, I’m pleased … Continue reading In scope
Going backwards
Image thanks to Il Mesagerro I’m no fan of Apple. Yes, their products are great and innovative, yet seem overpriced and over-hyped to me. It is the cult of Apple that I simply don’t understand but then, each to their own, there are many things that I don’t understand. So, I would normally skip over … Continue reading Going backwards
Obsession
Image thanks to ConfidentWriters.com I have to admit to being borderline obsessive. Perhaps it’s an age thing but apparently I am getting worse. I find it very easy to start things yet very hard to stop them. Take my obsession with Duo Lingo, for example, which I usually enjoy. I find the mental challenge of … Continue reading Obsession
Going to the grave
It seems common to live somewhere for a long time and not visit the local attractions, it can be hard to see your hometown as a tourist might. Up here on the fringes of England, Morpeth may not, at first glance, have a lot to offer the traveller yet thinking about it, it is worth … Continue reading Going to the grave
Small town football
My son in law’s birthday is quite near Christmas, not that that’s a problem but it means that Christmas and birthday presents can appear to run into one. To avoid this, it has become a sort of tradition of ours to go and visit a local sporting event. This time we’d thought about the rugby … Continue reading Small town football
What was your name?
Image thanks to makemeameme.org How many times have you been to the doctors or somewhere important and the receptionist has asked ‘What was your name again?’ Perhaps you’ve never noticed but you will from now on. It’s a peculiar expression on two counts, firstly that your name still is and secondly that it assumes that … Continue reading What was your name?
Innovation Centre #2
Image thanks to Freepik It can’t be twelve months since the last round of Cyber Local funding, can it? Sure enough, just as the police are looking younger, time is speeding up and the time to apply for funds to run local projects has come and gone. I’m delighted that CyberNorth has been successful again … Continue reading Innovation Centre #2
Creating something that doesn’t exist
Image thanks to Freepik One of the things that has fascinated me most about working with CyberNorth is that it is a very different type of business. On the face of it it is obvious what it does, or perhaps not. It is a cluster organisation working to support the growth of the cyber security … Continue reading Creating something that doesn’t exist
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 