So there we have it. I’ve got to the end of another work (and blogging) year. Last year I managed to blog every work day and I never thought that I would be able to do the same this time. I imagined that I would achieve perhaps every other day yet they kept coming. This … Continue reading Unfolding plans 205 – Another year end
Unfolding plans 204 – Trustworthy
I must admit that I quite like working at this time of year. The roads are quiet and so the journey in and out is a little less stressful. Everyone is so much nicer to each other. Peace on earth and good will to all men. Why things can’t be this way all the time … Continue reading Unfolding plans 204 – Trustworthy
Unfolding plans 202 – Loneliness
Loneliness is a big problem, especially with older people. According to Age UK around one million people regularly go for a month without speaking to anyone. Half of those aged seventy five and over live alone and ten percent of those over sixty five say they always or often feel lonely. These are sad statistics. … Continue reading Unfolding plans 202 – Loneliness
Unfolding plans 200 – Hoary chestnuts roasting
Once again that perennial problem of system specification has raised its head. It is a hoary chestnut yet one I thinking we are making good inroads into cracking. Traditionally when we have decided we have a need for something, a new process, a new system or a new tool we would get a group together … Continue reading Unfolding plans 200 – Hoary chestnuts roasting
Unfolding plans 198 – Connectivity
If there is one thing that will set the North East apart from its competitor regions it will be connectivity. Of course I mean network connectivity rather than motorways, rail and air. These others are very important yet may take a little longer to get where we would like to be. We don’t have a … Continue reading Unfolding plans 198 – Connectivity
Unfolding plans 197 – Visible spectrum of change
There is nothing more magical than a rainbow. (There is nothing faster than a Post Office van but that is another story.) There is something about seeing the ephemeral band of colours splashed across the sky that brings out the spiritual in me. If there was one thing that would make me believe in a … Continue reading Unfolding plans 197 – Visible spectrum of change
Unfolding plans 196 – App hype
There is such hype about apps. Everyone uses them. Everyone has to have them. You’re just not out there if your firm doesn’t have an app. A lot of people agree. There are at least three million of the things to download onto your smartphone or tablet. Beware however as only around five per cent … Continue reading Unfolding plans 196 – App hype
Unfolding plans 195 – let them get on with their jobs.
I finished ‘Maverick’ by Ricardo Semler a week or so back. Mike had lent me the book some time ago and it had been sitting on my shelf waiting to be read. There was something about the cover that made me leave it. Perhaps it was waiting for the right time. Any book though that … Continue reading Unfolding plans 195 – let them get on with their jobs.
Unfolding plans 192 – Google has got it wrong @sharemindfully @lldzne #GuerrillaWorking
Google has got it wrong apparently. According to a recent article in the Washington Post, the open office trend is destroying the work place and what is needed are more walls rather than less. It was a good piece yet short on supporting evidence and seems to have been based entirely upon the experiences of the … Continue reading Unfolding plans 192 – Google has got it wrong @sharemindfully @lldzne #GuerrillaWorking
Unfolding plans 191 – Great staff
Another day, another award ceremony. This time it was our very own Great Staff Great stuff awards. It is an opportunity for us to celebrate all of the great work that goes on in the Council. It is very easy to knock what we do and just as easy to highlight the mistakes, the failures … Continue reading Unfolding plans 191 – Great staff
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 