Writing Despite feeling somewhat under the weather last week (or maybe because of it): I wrote...

Last week was mostly about meetings, meet-ups and calls. I can’t remember a week in the last 6...

Last week was a holiday week. I spent the week in Northumbria with the family, visiting the in...

On the weekend, I overheard a conversation between a teenage son and his father. The boy was...

Sometimes, there’s too much choice (or too many people trying to make a decision). "Where shall...

I just read an interesting piece in Forbes[1] about how talent strategies are evolving. It made...

Just bullet points this week, as I am on holiday, and supposed to be enjoying myself. Got an...

A couple of weeks ago, I collected around 100 windfall apples from the yard and disposed of them...

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Maybe it’s my brain / pedantic nature, but I found the process of returning a faulty item to...

It felt like a slow week, but I seem to have found plenty to write about... ℹ NOTE: Links in...

Three weeks ago I posted on LinkedIn about how my brain doesn’t always let me get on with what I...

The week started with a very pleasant surprise when, on Monday morning, my copy of “Protectors of...

A fair week, all things considered. On the non-work front: My son’s new car was delivered on...

Cor! What a scorcher! I struggled to concentrate on deep work, due to the temperature and the...

In a week where my son turned 18, I’ve been looking at ISA and LISA options for his child trust...

RAG stands for “Retrieval-Augmented Generation”. Natural language processing can be simplified...

Went for my annual eye test this week. There’s history of both Glaucoma and Iritis in my family,...

Hasn’t it been hot! Our cottage has a massive conservatory on the back (south-facing) that has...

The week seemed to go on for ever whilst I was living it, but now, in reflection, it seems to...