A year of work in progress – day 100

Day 100 – 4 June 2014 A hundred days and what have I achieved? I picked up Neil A on the way into work this morning as it is management Wednesday and he lives in Cramlington. Finding one space at County Hall (Durham) is hard enough but finding two would be a miracle. We got … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 100

A year of work in progress – day 93

Day 93 – 23 May 2014 I wasn’t sure whether today would count or not. A domestic issue resulted in me, or rather Pam, having to rearrange all my appointments (there were only nine of them and so could have done without) but I ended up doing enough work between times to justify its inclusion … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 93

A year of work in progress – day 89

Day 89 – 19 May 2014 Over the weekend I managed to finish ‘Managing the customer experience’ by Smith and Wheeler. It wasn’t one of the best for me as some of the stories related to firms that have now passed their prime but it has made me reconsider the relationship we need to have … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 89

A year of work in progress – day 88

Day 88 – 16 May 2014 I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way. How does the song go? When I was at #Dynamo14 Bob Paton, MD of Accenture in the North East (there are a lot of Bobs) lead a session on skills and development. He … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 88

A year of work in progress – day 79

Day 79 – 2 May 2014 Can you believe we are into the fifth month of the year already? I don’t know where this year has gone. I woke up early this morning to the sound of crashing plates. Some of them had stopped spinning and had fallen to the floor while others seemed to … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 79

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 55

Day 55 – 25 March 2014 By my calculation I think I am a quarter of the way through the year. I’m assuming that there are 365 days less weekends, bank and normal holidays and this comes to 220 working days. It may be one or two either way. I’m not counting any time I … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 55

A year of work in progress – day 41

Day 41 – 28 February 2014 For personal reasons I worked from home today.  I had a couple of reports to write anyway, one on a Digital Strategy following the meeting on Monday and a second which I had not expected at all.  Apparently I had an update to do on Building Schools for the … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 41

A year of work in progress – day 36

Day 36 – 21 February 2014 Day three without paper and all is going well.  I have resisted so far but I nearly fell into a trap yesterday when talking to Lee.  I reached for my pen to make a note and fortunately didn’t have it on me.  Lee offered me the use of his … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 36

A year of work in progress – day 29

Day 29 – 12 February 2014 I woke up to snow today, the first of the winter.  It wasn’t much, just a light dusting.  We don’t get a lot of snow at lower levels normally but to have gone this long without any is unusual.  It’s been an unusual winter for weather all-round though what … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 29