Day 78 – 1 May 2014 Today I was at the inaugural Dynamo14 conference, along with 350 other ICT professionals and people interested in the North East. I got to make a pitch at a public sector breakout session under the title of collaboration. In case you are interested this is what I said: Good … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 78
A year of work in progress – day 77 (Zoology)
Day 77 – 30 April 2014 and day 26 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. The last day of the A to Z Blogging Challenge and I’m pleased to say that I have arrived in one piece. Not everyone did though. I started off at number 422 and ended up at 383 (out of2018) … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 77 (Zoology)
A year of work in progress – day 74 (Verbs)
Day 74 – 25 April 2014 and day 22 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. For some reasons when teaching a language in this country we are obsessed with trying to conjugate verbs. Each language has a slightly different approach and mastery of these is seen as essential. Of course we learn to conjugate … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 74 (Verbs)
A year of work in progress – day 72 (Thirds)
Day 72 – 23 April 2014 and day 20 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. ‘Have I ever given you my three jobs speech?’ I say this to my team regularly and they usually shake their heads either because they can’t remember it or more likely they are too polite and know I’m going … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 72 (Thirds)
A year of work in progress – day 71 (Soft machine)
Day 71 – 22 April 2014 and day 19 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. ‘I’ve bought this Dad but it’s a bit heavy going and I can’t get into it.’ My youngest daughter handed me a thin paperback as we made to say our goodbyes. ‘I thought you might like to give it … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 71 (Soft machine)
A year of work in progress – day 69 (Newton)
Day 69 – 16 April 2014 and day 14 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. This should really have been called: Newton’s laws of motion and the role of physics in local government part 4 Sir Isaac Newton was a clever man. His laws of motion were first compiled in his work Philosophiæ Naturalis … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 69 (Newton)
A year of work in progress – day 66 (Home cover)
Day 66 – 9 April 2014 and day 8 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. The insurance market in the UK is dysfunctional. It works well, there’s lots of competition but it is still dysfunctional. I say this because every time my insurance is due for renewal I have to go through the same … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 66 (Home cover)
A year of work in progress – day 65 (Gestation)
Day 65 – 8 April 2014 and day 7 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. It’s the panda breeding season. It’s the time of year when love is in the air for Tian Tian and Yang Guang, the Edinburgh pandas (and presumably all other pandas) and soon we may hear the patter of tiny … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 65 (Gestation)
A year of work in progress – day 64 (Flow)
Day 64 – 7 April 2014 and day 6 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. We need to think more about flow. Work should flow through our organisations. Ideas and opportunities should fall like rain and gather in streams and rivulets before coming together in a mighty river, sucked to the sea by the … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 64 (Flow)
A year of work in progress – day 63 (Dutch)
Day 63 – 4 April 2014 and day 4 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. Learning Dutch is number ten on my ‘Ten things I’m going to achieve this year’. Why? Because it’s there. Actually it’s a little more than that. I enjoy learning languages even though I don’t think I’m very good at … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 63 (Dutch)
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 