It doesn't seem to make sense, but if you want to get more done, switch off more.  Take your body and mind somewhere else.  It's so easy to become a busy fool, especially if you're in the problem solving business. You can't escape doing the work, but sometimes no matter how hard you try, the…

My children are like me, happiest in the water (maybe a close second for playing Fortnite, but lets leave that aside). So they insisted in coming to 'Carolines'. Obviously they loved it. I need to do some things alone. I'm an introvert and eventually I need to rebuild energy levels though doing stuff alone. But…

I'm not sure anyone can really have a favourite song, not really. Maybe a top 10, although I struggle to even narrow down my top 10 albums. This however is my favourite at the moment.    The video is pretty close to the released audio version. There are many reasons I like this track. Some…

So yesterday I swam in a lake. After pining for swimming in water and finding a pool not, I don't know, visceral enough, I decided to engage in the open water swimming sub-culture.  And it really is some sort of secret society, or at least the Leeds version is. A Facebook group you need to…

I became  became a planner after failing in client services. I was always late and got the invoices wrong, just about surviving thanks to Writing briefs, annoying creative people with common sense, that type of thing. Thankfully someone told me I was a really bad suit but had the makings of a planner. How this turned…

I'm the clumsiest person you'll ever (or probably never) come across. To the point where if I meet someone new and it involves a beverage, I'll warn them they're likely to have it accidentally thrown all over them sooner rather than later.  Be warned.  Yet, when I get in the water, everything works. It's like…

The fast food industry prioritises speed, convenience and price over flavour. This is fine, this makes money. This is really easy to compete with though, if you're prepared to put the work in, for the right people.  With flavour. Like the cafe I work near. Coffee made from outstanding beans, brewed with love. Tea served…

You may or may not know I love tea. Made properly, in the pot. Three minutes brewing as a minimum. I've often thought it's little rituals that get you through the day, this is one of mine. I also think you can tell a lot about the person through the little things. Same goes for…

I was interested in what my better half would think about the Gillette masculinity work.   This stuff hits a nerve with us, because our beloved nine year son is already trying to figure out his place in a world where the messages he's beginning to take in are at best, well, mixed. Her response…

Rob has something to say about organisations and managers that systematically knock people down rather than build them up. You should read it.  Many of us have been there and survived to tell the tale, but the scars can run deep.