Recently when discussing my role with a colleague I quipped - “I am less a manager and more a village elder at this point”. As you’ll know many a true word is spoken in jest and the more I dwelled on it the more I realised there was a certain kind of truth to it. … Continue reading An Elder
Category: thoughts
planning a u-kation
One of the things that has helped me get through this bleak 10 months or so has been my long-standing plan to take a bit of a sabbatical later this year and do a little (well a lot) of travelling and some writing. Increasingly though I just don't think it is going to be possible … Continue reading planning a u-kation
My Alpha Alpha
Today is the six year anniversary of launching the 'ONS Alpha' into the wild. It is also the ninth birthday of GDS and it feels appropriate that they share a day as one wouldn't have existed without the other. Working on the Alpha (ONS have done many Alphas since - many more complex and better … Continue reading My Alpha Alpha
2020: The year I forgot how to read
We all know 2020 has been terrible and weird and unsettling...and don't forget 'unprecedented'. One of the things I know I'm not alone in was the effect those early days of COVID concern had on my ability to read for pleasure - and here we are staring down the barrel of October (and the foretold … Continue reading 2020: The year I forgot how to read
No Pret? No problem.
The current campaign to get people back into offices is notable for a few things; That there is consistent correlation between ‘back to office’ and ‘back to work’ which seems to be disingenuous at best. ‘Office’ workers have been working non-stop since all this kicked off. The fact that those notoriously soft on workers and … Continue reading No Pret? No problem.
