It feels like these is a disconnect between talent and learning. Not so much that they aren’t in the same place and playing the same game, but more the lack of explicit connection, and implicit overlap between the two. I was speaking with someone recently about the shopkeeper to engineer analogy – learning needs to… Read More Talent and Learning
I was speaking with someone recently and the phrase ‘winging’ it came up. If you’re not aware, it’s a distinctly English idiom: To do or try to do something without much practice or preparation. I’ve done it a few times and would guess most of us have and think we get away with it. When… Read More Winging it
Apparently there’s a new term in town and it’s being used as a screen to hide what’s really happening. You know those emails, messages, connection requests, and calls from the same person. It used to be called spamming; deeply annoying and timewasting. I don’t generally accept these connection requests and the About section of my… Read More Professionally persistent
You’ve done it. Today is the last working day of January and congratulations! You’ve survived the longest month. It feels like the 59th day of January as days crawled and nights stretched but you’ve pressed on. January is a grind; expectations and responsibilities seem to converge. Reading back through the posts I’ve put out in… Read More January 59th
I watched the Panorama episode on BBC1 on Monday about the battle over the return to the office. I was particularly struck by this quote from one of the speakers: Really, it’s simply my conviction that we as a team can do so much more when we’re together. And that’s my privilege, because I’m the… Read More Working/Slacking from home
Lost and Desperate 