If you are, by nature, a writer, then writing is often a way of putting shape to ideas. This is what I’m doing today: ‘scuse any rambling. — I’ve been thinking recently that it would be nice to have 2FA (two factor authentication) on those random negative thoughts, feelings and memories, that seem to pop […]
Work / Life / Balance
Who am I (this time)?
I’m on a mission at the moment to redefine what I do (again). The bid space has changed a lot in the last decade and continues to change. I’ve been moving towards the consultancy end of it for some time while still being (relatively) content to do the writing bit alongside. Over the last couple […]
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Song of the day: Rachel Baiman ‘Self Made Man’
Source: One of many on my ‘All the Pissed Off Ladies’ Spotify playlist but, really, take your pick. If you’re not careening wildly between ‘foaming at the mouth rage’ and ‘falling to the floor in pure hopelessness and devastation’ right now then I kind of envy you. Not entirely though because it does suggest either […]
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“When I was growing up I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific.” — Lily Tomlin
A while back, I wrote about retiring old stories – ‘Memoirs vs Kondo-ing your history’ – and talked about how, once a story has served its purpose, it can be good to let it go and move on. I’ve made some pretty big strides professionally in recent times, and also had some other past endeavours […]
Waiting for the world to turn
BIG FAT #TRIGGER WARNING It’s been a while since I updated here with a public post and, while it’s reasonable to restrict access to certain parts of my life, thoughts and feelings, sometimes you just gotta post some stuff out there. This is my personal blog but I don’t make it difficult to find from […]
Don’t bottle it
2018 was a bit of a weird one. G and I had just got married, I was invited to a thing in Europe off the back of my own hard-won experience and knowledge, I got named as one of the next SmallBiz100 cohort and I was offered a digital transformation project that had nothing to […]
Song of the (International Womens) Day: The Highwomen ‘Redesigning Women’
Source: The first time I heard this song I fell a little bit apart. Then I listened to the rest of the album and fell apart a little bit more. I’d probably had a few but the point(s) stand. Anyway, today I (finally) settled on a name and some branding for my new venture. It’s […]
Welcome to Funland
“We have a fantastic opportunity right now to use the inevitable move towards remote-first and flexible working to rebuild and regenerate some of our towns.Places like Southport, for one example, where there are already great transport links, beautiful parks, lakes and community spaces and amazing architecture could be rediscovered and reinvented to work for modern […]