Some things are blatantly untrue. Here are a few of them: Onions can soften in 10 minutes.Wrong, they take a good 20 minutes AT LEAST to soften properly Oven chips will cook in 20-25 minutes.No – allow 30 minutes. Minimum. One minute on the London tube noticeboard. Anything between 40 and 120 seconds. It should… Read More Common untruths
I saw an article from the Harvard Business Review last week trying to frame the argument around what the optimal workplace would look like. Do we ask what the optimal learnplace might be? And wouldn’t the answer be ‘it depends’?
Every Friday on my business LinkedIn account I celebrate the people who have engaged, motivated, inspired, and generally been positive in the previous week. Last Friday I realised halfway through compiling the list it was just women. It’s not hard to amplify when people do good things. Men, take note.
We often use the word ignorance when we talk about people who choose to ignore advice and guidance. A better word is amathia. Its meaning is disputed but is more about wilful blindness, and has been defined as the opposite of wisdom. Ignorance is not knowing; Amathia is not learning. It’s OK to be ignorant… Read More Having an opinion
I was at football earlier in the week. A dull 0-0 draw with few chances of note and particularly unexciting football. After a few positive results we’d hyped ourselves up into expecting a win and, when it didn’t come, felt disappointed. I did, however, get to spend time with my son there and back, eating… Read More Event mania
Lost and Desperate 