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Oct 5, 20142 min read
Don’t Mind My Tattoos
I find tattoos fascinating. I don’t know that I’d ever get one though; I don’t ‘do’ needles unless I absolutely have to. To me they...
Aug 21, 20142 min read
The ALS Challenges
It’s a bit of a mouthful, but the real title for this should probably be “The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge & The Real ALS Challenge” I...
Aug 13, 20143 min read
A Friend’s Experience of Depression
After I woke up on Monday to the news that Robin Williams had passed away and I learnt of the circumstances, I said I hoped that his...
Jul 29, 20140 min read
Jul 20, 20141 min read
Caddying
Watching the Golf Opens I found myself contemplating the role of a Caddy and what there role would be in a business environment. i.e....
Jul 11, 20143 min read
True Brand Ambassadors
A magazine recently interviewed me about one of my books: Touching The Heart of Milton Keynes. On the face of it, they could have been...
May 23, 20144 min read
Bringing Back Our Girls
A few weeks back I was speaking at a conference in Denmark. I asked the audience whether anyone had heard about the girls that were...
May 21, 20141 min read
Shared Organisation AND Employee Values
An organisation has a Customer Charter that specifies that it has an excellent reputation for trading honestly, maintaining their...
Mar 18, 20143 min read
Skills, Systems and Attitude
I met Ben at a networking event as he spoke of about his products, I thought they would be perfect for a business event that I was going...
Feb 10, 20142 min read
Unconsciously Biasing Children
I recently found myself watching the “Doll test” An experiment where children, black and white are shown two different dolls at the same...
Dec 24, 20132 min read
A Visit to Marks & Spencer
I’ve just got come from a shopping trip to Marks & Spencer and I must say that I’m pleased to have learnt before I left that they will...
Dec 21, 20133 min read
Food Banks
Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, make our earth an Eden, like the heaven above. Little Drops of Water by Julia Carney,...
Dec 2, 20132 min read
Engaged People Don’t Need Carrying
I spoke to someone recently who expressed the frustration of having to carry people on projects that she was running. An Expert – she...
Nov 30, 20131 min read
Trees With No Fruit
Yesterday I was at an Arts Exhibitions on Trees. It’s interesting to view all the art work and observe that none of the representations...
Nov 24, 20131 min read
Tell Me What You Want, What You Really, Really Want
I recently saw an advert on twitter for a Sales and Marketing Manager. It specified, “Sales and Marketing Manager, ideally a return to...
Nov 13, 20131 min read
Where’s Your Poppy?
I have a poppy, which I choose to wear and I wear it with great pride. It actually looks just like this one worn by young Nicholas on...
Nov 6, 20132 min read
Peter Principle
According to the Peter Principle, People are promoted to their level of Incompetency and sadly I can’t count the number of times that I...
Oct 27, 20133 min read
What’s the bottom line?
I got rather annoyed when I spoke to a friend about a situation with an organisation and he responded – “all organisations think about...
Oct 26, 20133 min read
Hello Possums!
Hello Possums. I hope you don’t mind me calling you little animals that look a bit like squirrels. After all Dame Edna does and people...
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