In an earlier version of myself I was a science teacher at Stoke Newington School in North London. While I no longer teach young people about the wonders of photosynthesis turning CO2 into sugar and how Kreb’s Cycle generates energy for animals by metabolising the carbohydrates created by photosynthesis, I still maintain a keen interest in science [...]
Keep on running…
Another London Marathon completed, 37,000ish souls feeling weary yet satisfied with their massive accomplishment. Every year I marvel at the participants’ achievement, especially because from my vantage point very close to the first mile marker, a great many of the runners look bewildered and in some cases exhausted already! This year, as for the past [...]
Boat race bather achieves elite status
Trenton Oldfield’s dramatic protest in the River Thames last Saturday, which brought a temporary halt to the 158th Oxford-Cambridge boat race, propelled the debate surrounding elitism firmly into the media spotlight. Australian-born Oldfield, who is a tiny bit elitist himself, having been privately educated at one of the most exclusive schools in Sydney before graduating [...]
Business fit for the Olympics?
The Olympic clock is ticking ever closer to the start of the Games and for many it provides a once in a lifetime opportunity to enjoy an array of sports at 37 sites across the country. But are you fit for business during the Olympics? Are your business continuity procedures tested and understood; do you [...]
Pinterested?
Having literally just got to grips with Twitter, and the concept of ‘tweeting’, I turned a blind eye when friends and colleagues started ‘pinning’ various items to my Facebook page and Twitter feed. But I seem to have ignored it at my peril, as Pinterest has become a real talking point. If you haven’t got [...]
Investor in People – refreshingly practical business tool
When we committed to achieving Investors in People (IIP) I was excited about the challenge of seeing us through our first assessment, but this was mixed with a healthy dose of trepidation, as I really didn’t know what to expect. The cynic in me (which I do try to repress!) feared there may be a [...]
When do you replace a manager (football or fund)?
I, for my sins, follow Arsenal Football Club as some of my colleagues, for their sins, follow Chelsea Football Club. The water cooler chats following some awful results for both sides have inevitably centred on the effectiveness of each team’s manager; the vastly experienced Arsene Wenger and the other extreme, a manger who is younger [...]
Crime and punishment
As I sit and peruse possible topics for blogging about, I am struck by two different but somehow similar news stories. The first is that Ofcom has stated that Jeremy Clarkson’s remarks about shooting trade unionists was not in breach of broadcasting rules, and the second is that several senior Lloyds executives who took large [...]
Corporate Citizenship Hits the Front Page
Barclays plc completed a UK corporate first last Friday when the first page of its annual financial results was headlined ’citizenship’ and did not mention profits or dividends. The report highlighted how Barclays contributes to growth in the real economy, what it does for charity, and how it treats customers. Barclays citizenship highlights included a [...]
Top tips to avoid being a Twitter bore
I do tweet but I’m not a premier league footballer who has just been exposed by a red top for nocturnal activity on the Korean leg of a recent Asian tour or a celebrity cougar having fun parading her latest bare-chest, lion-tamer-style, on a hot tropical beach. Well, that’s pretty obvious, but faced with the [...]
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