interveneɪntəˈviːn/verb take part in something so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events This is my word of the week. I feel like Robert McCalls younger, weaker and dumber brother — ‘The Intervener’. I’m Captain Carrot — the stick comes from elsewhere. My role is crystallising around a particular remit and it is something new…

This week I had a lot of conversations. A lot of meetings. In London. In York. On trains, in boardrooms and in canteens. A fair few were via the miracle that is the internet. I didn’t actually set foot in the Bristol office. I learned a lot, contributed a little and all in all it…