Self-reflection is not selfish, it’s essential to our wellbeing.  More and more of us operate at full tilt, blurring the edges between at work and at home. We are pulled in different directions by …

I accept that technology has created efficiencies and that chatbots are here to stay. There’s much to learn about artificial intelligence …

Today I am on my positive communications soapbox.  Whether reading CVs or interviewing I’m frequently surprised by …

It’s tough when you believe that you’re getting it right and your customers tell you differently.

I’m pleased that there’s been much in the news recently to encourage us to get creative.  With mental health challenges getting greater prominence, I’m delighted that we’re being encouraged to …

An amazing 15 years of opportunity, new friendships and fresh challenges.  Most of the time, it’s been fun.  On the one or two occasions when it hasn’t, there’s been someone (or something) that’s made me laugh.

I created my first change story in 2001 to demonstrate how work and careers could develop to better reflect the needs of businesses and their people.  The story began as a brown paper montage …

It’s a hornets’ nest but after so many years of promoting feedback, I’ve made this decision to keep the conversation going. 

Some of the best conversations and business solutions begin in the office kitchen. It’s where you relax and say what you really think or feel.

Not known for sitting on the fence, I have views about clutter.  But doesn’t everyone these days? 

So many of us find job descriptions a chore, putting them way down the priority list and mumbling something like, “they don’t really matter – they don’t get read anyway”.  On a bad day that could be me …

The office at home is cheerful, cosy and entertaining.  There’s much to keep me occupied and it’s a great place to work although I can’t see the garden.  To watch the comings and goings of the blackbirds I need to …

I love colour and what it says about my personality.  I absolutely recognize the need to conform, although I want to feel good about my appearance at work.  It’s a long time since I’ve worn the obligatory …

Someone told me that horticulture was for middle-aged and middle-class ladies who had little to do.  Well, I’m not going to talk about my age and I’m definitely not middle class but I want to put the record straight. 

Out and about with a friend recently, we passed a village school which jogged her memory and she recounted an unfortunate tale about a recruitment decision she’d heard.  The heroine of her story was an accomplished chef …

I was thinking about content for my web site and wanted to somehow incorporate the notion of conversation, perhaps even a natter.  One thing led to another and …