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The Street Art I Desire: Light & Power in Shoreditch
To step out of your front door into an always open, free-for-all, continually shape-shifting art gallery is one of the true pleasures of living in Shoreditch, East London. There are downsides (for every Londoner, wherever they are in this kaleidoscopic city, there’s always a downside – that’s the joy of being a Londoner). I’ve lived… — read more
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Trading Places: How Transferable Are Our Skills?
I was at a dinner party on Saturday night and a friend asked me a question: “If I had enough training and support, do you think I could do your job?” To which I answered, barely missing a beat, “No.” To which he replied, clearly a little hurt, “That’s a really brutally quick response!” Let… — read more
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The End of Being Servile: The Savile Inquiry & The Lessons for All of Us
The extent to which rumour, gossip and speculation can rise within an organisation, from those on the ‘frontline’ to those in the C-suite, was one of the fundamental questions posed by Dame Janet Smith’s Savile Inquiry. One of the others, perhaps the most pressing, the most legitimate as Lord Hall, I thought very eloquently, put… — read more
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Neuromance: Is The Workplace Ready To Fall In Love With Creativity?
At last, I have come across a neuroscientific explanation for my contrary, contradictory nature. It all makes sense now. The very thing that makes me, well, maybe a little more polarised as a personality than many others I know (or think I know), is also the very thing that makes me able to do what… — read more
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Why Poke The Cage? To Wake The Beast, Of Course
As anyone who has ever worked under a manager knows, “Don’t poke the bear!” is pretty smart advice. In fact, learning to gauge your manager’s moods, likes and dislikes, bio-rhythms and neuroses, is an essential skill to develop in the workplace. My question is, what makes the manager a bear in the first place? Is… — read more
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