Day five of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’ and I’m thinking about evolution. Why has right-handedness become apparently dominant over left-handedness even though there is little evidence for a genetic leaning? Do animals show the same traits? It is a well-known fact that polar bears are left handed. They sneak up on prey by covering … Continue reading Evolution
Dexterous
Day four of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’ and I’ve made a quick and unscientific assessment of the number of left handed people in my team. None of those who report directly to me are of that persuasion. I’m not sure if it was in the essential criteria part of the selection process. Of the … Continue reading Dexterous
Cack Handed
Day three of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’ and I continue to struggle with trying to be left handed. My list of things that I can’t do is growing but I’ll keep these until later. After all, I have another twenty three days to fill. It’s a small experiment I know but I want to … Continue reading Cack Handed
Born with it
Day two of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’ and I’m struggling with being left handed. I admit it, I’m right handed. What does this mean? Well, I do many things with my right hand but not everything by a long way. I’m quite happy to open doors or take the top of jam jars with … Continue reading Born with it
Ambidextrous
For the next month I'M going to take a break from my usual blog, ‘Unfolding Plans’ and have a stab at something else. Last year I took part in the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’ and it has come around again. You can find the details here http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/ . I am number 1101. As always I … Continue reading Ambidextrous
Unfolding plans 58 – Not everything is always sweetness and light
Not everything is always sweetness and light. Is it ever? We had our ICT Customer Board meeting last week and had an interesting conversation about culture. Words and phrases such as Camp Tanfield or Camp Meadowfield were raised with the clear implication that we reside within our functions and that visibility of managers and team … Continue reading Unfolding plans 58 – Not everything is always sweetness and light
Unfolding plans 57 – Big Data. It is bigger than you think.
My first meeting as chair of the Society of ICT Managers (North East) went well enough. There wasn’t a spare seat in the house, we got through the agenda, we finished on time and lunch was nice. We tried something new this time which made a big difference. It was Graham’s idea to theme the … Continue reading Unfolding plans 57 – Big Data. It is bigger than you think.
Unfolding plans 56 – leaders struggle the most with teams.
The most important piece of work that I am involved in at the moment is trying to organise the service so that it can survive. By this I don’t mean hang on by the skin of its teeth or slip into some catatonic state hoping for the better times to come. I have already described … Continue reading Unfolding plans 56 – leaders struggle the most with teams.
Unfolding plans 55 – change is a great agent for change
Change is a great agent for change. They say that necessity is the mother of all invention and it is much easier to introduce change during periods of turmoil. Austerity has helped in a strange way. The need to save money has allowed us to introduce many things that we could well have struggled with … Continue reading Unfolding plans 55 – change is a great agent for change
Unfolding plans 54 – 23 and 1/2 hours
There is a really interesting yet frightening video on You Tube called 23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health? I’m not usually bothered about such things. I’m aware I don’t do enough exercise and eat too much of the ‘wrong’ things yet I’ve been that way … Continue reading Unfolding plans 54 – 23 and 1/2 hours
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 