I watch a lot of television. That’s not strictly true, actually. My wife and son watch a lot of actual television, whereas I watch a lot of television shows on Netflix peering at my laptop or iPad. The wife watches a lot of those so-called reality shows where real...
It’s coming to the end of the holiday year at work and so, as usual toward the end of March, I have found myself trying to shoe-horn in the odd day off to avoid losing them completely. Here are a few things I have noticed from being at home during the day, things I...
A while back, May 2014 to be exact, I wrote a blog bemoaning the use of nauseating phrases in the workplace, particularly in meetings. Taking people on a journey down their happy path, warming them up and informing parts of projects are all phrases that, normally...
It’s always been a bit of a dilemma having work colleagues and associates as Facebook friends, for me. At best it’s style-cramping, at worst, career-threatening. I’ve managed to avoid it thus far, only starting to stalk/bore the life out of colleagues once I have...
I’m quite a busy lad these days, as you may have surmised\been relieved by my recent lack of 54Fridays and general blogging. Well, what can I say, I really like my job and it keeps me gainfully occupied for the vast majority of the time. However, this week, a number...