Having said that I’d made very little progress with reducing bureaucracy using digital technologies (see me mid-year scorecard Unfolding Plans 100) there has been a flurry of activity. Thanks to Mark, we’ve finally made some sort of breakthrough. I said that I’d been banging on about a couple of paper based processes that have really … Continue reading Unfolding plans 116 – A break through in bureaucracy
Unfolding plans 113 – happy workation
Wow, that was some workation. For the month of July I’ve been trying something different. While I was out and about I stopped and bought a postcard that showed the beautiful or unusual places that I happened to have visited. Every work day I sent one to my youngest daughter as she was in the … Continue reading Unfolding plans 113 – happy workation
Unfolding plans 111 – work as a performance
I’ve been thinking a lot about work as a performance. It’s something that Mike and I have been talking about. The word covers such a wide range of meanings from entertainment, to carrying out an action and to how well something works. In this case I am talking about something presented before an audience, potentially, … Continue reading Unfolding plans 111 – work as a performance
Unfolding plans 101 – Take your opportunities when you can
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that the best place to buy a postcard is not the Post Office. You may find that odd. I know that I did. Where else would you go for all things postal? Well you would be wrong. The vast majority of post offices don’t sell postcards unless you want … Continue reading Unfolding plans 101 – Take your opportunities when you can
Unfolding plans 100 – a score card
We’re into July now and so should be about half way through the working year. Perhaps it’s time for an update on progress, a health check or a score card marked against the eight things that I was going to try and achieve this year. In case you have forgotten they were (are): Women in … Continue reading Unfolding plans 100 – a score card
Unfolding plans 99 – I was even trending
This is part two of the presentation I made at the conference on ‘Transforming The Way We Work: A Vision for Mobile Public Sector.’ It is an abridged version. OK, it is cheating a bit but I’m not the only blogger to have ever recycled his or her own material. After all I did spend … Continue reading Unfolding plans 99 – I was even trending
Unfolding plans 97 – chugging tugboats
This Guerrilla Working thing is catching on, at least in part. I find I can work more or less anywhere, with or without a wireless network. If I’m offline then I can catch up with all of the things that have been synchronised with my laptop, such as mail. I can do reports and presentations … Continue reading Unfolding plans 97 – chugging tugboats
Unfolding plans 96 – Phil Jackman Author
I am an author. I am a writer. I have written a book and it has been published. I doubt it is the best book ever to have been written and I don’t expect it to be in the best sellers list but that is not the point. It is published and a small number … Continue reading Unfolding plans 96 – Phil Jackman Author
Unfolding plans 95 – Spennymoor in the millennium
This postcard challenge is going to be harder than I thought. By day two I was close to throwing in the towel but my never say die attitude pulled it off in the end. It seems that postcards are only sold in tourist type destinations and are not ubiquitous. Why didn’t I think of that? … Continue reading Unfolding plans 95 – Spennymoor in the millennium
Unfolding plans 94 – exciting times in the North East
London is a hot place when the sun shines. On Wednesday it got well over thirty degrees. I think I was the only one in the capital to be wearing a jacket and tie but standards have to be kept. I had caught the train down (yes not up) to present at a conference on … Continue reading Unfolding plans 94 – exciting times in the North East
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 