There’s a genre of LinkedIn content doing very well right now – you know it when you see it. Colourful, hand-drawn aesthetic. Highlighted keywords. Emoji. A pyramid. Bullet points inside bullet points. A heading that says “The Why” followed by a heading that says “The How.” I saw one this week titled “Clear Thinking =… Read More The image that does the thinking for you
The government’s response to the consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting landed today. From this point, we can expect large employers to report pay gaps, workforce composition, declaration rates, and action plans for both characteristics. The framework mirrors gender pay gap reporting, which at least means employers already have the infrastructure. This… Read More Data gaps
Waltham Forest Council issued my wife a PCN for entering a School Streets zone. She had a valid permit, and their own system confirmation said so. I submitted formal representations to the published email address within the statutory window and attached the valid permit. I didn’t get an acknowledgement, so I chased, but still nothing.… Read More Something personal
Ask an L&D team what a training programme costs, and you will get an answer. Room hire, facilitator day rates, licence fees, and content development time. Some teams will go further: hours away from desks, travel, and internal coordination. That is useful. It is also incomplete in ways that matter. The costs L&D can see… Read More Cost of learning
I have written about this before; I have clinical anxiety that is managed with medication and CBT, but it’s still there. It doesn’t go away, and it’s part of who I am. I had a conversation recently that reminded me why I post about this. Because people look at me and don’t see it. They… Read More Fine Is Complicated
Lost and Desperate 