I posted 50 more big ideas for L&D on Wednesday morning. By the afternoon, the latest research from Stanford and the Hoover Institution landed in my inbox. I wasn’t expecting vindication. But here we are. The Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes has been running monthly since 2020. With over 200,000 observations, the May 2026… Read More Data catch up
I saw a post from Sukh Pabial on LinkedIn this week about his year of searching for a full-time role. I’d encourage you to read it. It is honest, it is well put, and it has resonated with hundreds of people. One paragraph caught me. He described a lot of CV advice being shared as… Read More CV Tosh
You might have seen I wrote about a Penalty Charge Notice the other week. Interestingly, within 24 hours of posting, Waltham Forest confirmed the vehicle had a valid permit and the escalated Charge Certificate has been withdrawn. The ward councillor escalated it to officers, and it was resolved almost immediately. But I want to stay with the… Read More Process Failure
Another in the occasional series where I take a quiet look at the things which annoy, irritate and get my goat. This time, it’s a follow-up to a post from five years ago about the things on LinkedIn that manage to be both irritating and oddly successful. Performative vulnerability“Three years ago I was broke, burnt… Read More What Grinds My Gears – LinkedIn (2026 Edition)
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