Another misty day at Filey, but strangely I’ve not minded at all. In fact the limited visibility has made me appreciate Robin Hobbs masterful storytelling all the more, the cool air has made walking easier and the glimpses of views from the cliffs all the more magnificent. I woke early...
This post is the fourth in a series about my working life I’ve worked with people to improve their productivity for over 20 years and some of that has hopefully rubbed off on my own working practice. There’s no universal productivity practice though, what’s best for one person will be...
I came to know what it means to sleep on bed springs last night, I’ve never experienced a bed so uncomfortable. Fortunately we were staying in a 3 bedroomed caravan so I pinched 2 quilts and they managed to insulate me from the springs fairly well. Maybe it was the...
This post is the second in a series about my working life The phrase ‘Outside In’ is all the rage in my company at the moment, but it’s been my approach for many years. About 10 years ago I realised that there are thousands of people at work who know...
I started my day as usual doing research, reading and writing at Caffe Nero and later at the Beach Terrace Cafe which has received a social media makeover. Everywhere I looked there were posters and banners promoting their new Facebook presence, encouraging me to Like their Facebook page, upload pictures...
This post marks a major writing milestone for me, it is post 1001 on my blog. The blog has actually been hosted in three different places in it’s history but its migrated from server to server with reasonable success. All those 1000 posts still exist but many of the links...
This post is the first in a series about my working life I used to be ambitious but soon after I became ill I realised that personal ambition was incompatible with the advice I was receiving from my doctors and more importantly from the International Still’s Disease Foundation which provides...
Each day this week while on Holiday with Steph in Filey I’m planning to write a post covering a different element of my working life. I’ve carefully designed this life so as to maximise my impact and productivity with the lowest levels of stress and minimal working hours. Whilst some...
As Christmas approached last year I decided that I didn’t need anything. More than that I decided that I had too much, and didn’t need to buy anything for a long time. Even after coming to this conclusion though it would be easy to drift back into old habits, I’ve...
A long time ago now I read the Mythical Man Month, and I remember two things from it: On a large activity conceptual integrity is really difficult to achieve and maintain In the sixties IBM seemed to do a better job at managing large development programmes than we do now...