Jul 17#remotenessThere’s a feature doing the rounds now — built on research as best we can have it in our emerging experiments with remote-based knowledge working — that posits some really interesting factors about remote working. I did think “do we need another post on this?” but some work this week…Remote Working11 min read
Jul 3#biasWhen we use this word — and it’s a really powerful and emotive word — we are often associating it with something pretty negative and stark. A bias against someone, something — often based on unconscious bias, and how we might, unwittingly or willingly, be off the mark in how…HR6 min read
Jun 5PeopleX: ESG — What Matters Now?ESG. Environmental Social and Governance has appeared in the lexicon of business life as the evolved version of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). The Harvard Law School on Corporate Governance states it all here, like this: The Fundamentals of ESG ESG grew out of investment philosophies clustered around sustainability and, thereafter, socially responsible investing. Early…Esg9 min read
May 28#principlesRecently the elected leader of this country unilaterally changed a principle — a code of Ministerial conduct — in the wake of scandals, misdemeanours, illegality and dishonour. It is one of the most unprincipled acts I’ve seen in plain sight from someone supposedly elected to serve us, the people of…Principles8 min read
May 24#believingToday was just another day, but in it, I had the chance to work with some of the wonderful people who form a part of People and Transformational HR Ltd. I found myself in awe of said people. And I thought to myself this: “I really believe in <Insert Name>.” …Believing6 min read
May 6#disconnectedThe Great Resignation Web3 and the Metaverse Hybrid Working I’ll stop there because these are the headlines of the day around the world of work and the — potential — shifts in how things are. There’s something that ISN’T grabbing any headlines but I’m seeing it. A great disconnect. I…Social5 min read
Mar 26#chancesI know it’s Saturday as I write this, and this might count as work. And some people might say “But you’re a 4-day working week?” but I just happen to like a lot of things in life that might LOOK like work. But they’re more about just being interested in…Chance8 min read
Mar 5#FreedomPeacetime. Two words made into one. The first part is a hallowed state of harmony and the latter, denotes a sustained frame of a continuous cycle, an era. Both shattered with an aggressive invasion of a sovereign independent state in the second month of 2022. …Freedom8 min read
Feb 3#bulgingMy dear Mum, God rest her soul, used to say to me “have you done all your work then?” This was 2019, and my answer was “I’m never finished”. See Mum was from the Industrial era Shoe Factory workforce so prevalent in 1960–1990s Northampton. …Work7 min read
Jan 21PeopleXPeople are more than the Pink Floyd proverbial “another brick in the wall”. We know this. We’re not replicants. We’re uniquely different even when we’re biological twins. Back in March 2021, it looked like we were coming out of the pandemic. Yeah, right. I wrote this post: WorkX. It didn’t…Business8 min read