Monthnotes

I’ve started and re-started this post several times over the past few days. Taking some time off work since 23rd December has given me a … Read More

The cyclical nature of lockdown life seems to give days and weeks a strange timelessness. Hours, days, weeks and months feel like they’re whizzing by … Read More

Since I first began recruiting and managing teams, back in 2004, I’ve talked about “the dip” with every new person joining my teams. Stealing just … Read More

Earlier this month, before the government’s return to advising working from home by default, I made my first trip to London since late February – … Read More

As August draws to an unseasonally wet and windy end in Kent, I reflect on what’s felt like quite a transitional month in many senses. … Read More

In normal times the last few months for me at work would have felt quite turbulent – although with the impact of Covid-19 on the … Read More

As I sit down to write this month’s reflections, it feels like a month in which some sort of corner has been turned – a … Read More

At work this month I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the future, helping develop organisational designs and evaluating future scenarios. It’s been fascinating … Read More

It was hard to know where to start this time around when writing my monthnotes, looking back over a month when we could only leave … Read More

When I began writing my monthnotes in September last year, I could never have anticipated that six months later I’d be working from home full-time … Read More