I am tall. Not quite as lofty as I was but still called upon by little old ladies in supermarkets. This isn’t news to me or to those who know me. I rarely think about it. I do bash my head in cottages, country pubs…
I am tall. Not quite as lofty as I was but still called upon by little old ladies in supermarkets. This isn’t news to me or to those who know me. I rarely think about it. I do bash my head in cottages, country pubs…
As a business relationship consultant, I frequently hear senior executives describe the challenge of managing a workforce that is resistant to returning to the workplace.
Having just returned from a knee scan where every aspect of the experience exceeded my expectations, I am reminded just how good commercial interaction can feel. It’s not always like that, of course. And 2023 looks set at macro and micro levels to challenge the propensity…
On 19th January, Jacinda Ardern announced that she would be resigning as New Zealand’s 40th Prime Minister. She duly did and has now left office after five-plus years. There is no doubting her impact. A PM at 37, a progressive politician and a natural communicator, Ardern’s…
As if January could get any worse. To the standard mix of cold, grey days, further discoloured by abstinence and financial reckoning, the start of 2023 has added new, unpalatable ingredients. Widespread hardship, crippling strikes, commercial fragility, political inertia, fractures in core services plus the…
Every December I write a blog about homelessness. I am relieved that this national scourge comes into high relief at Christmas but equally depressed that it falls from view in the New Year. The government is tackling the problem with £2 billion over three years,…