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Ben and Jerry
“Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I’ll tell you what you value.” Joe Biden Former US President   Everyone likes ice cream. So what better product for a couple of hippies...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  23 Sept 2025
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Why statistic and performance awards may be misleading 
In my youth I played Sunday league football. In our league there was one team everyone beat. After each game the players identified the man of the match from the opposition. In the team that got...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  22 Sept 2025
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50 years of Faulty Towers 
  It’s 50 years since the first episode of Faulty Towers was aired on the BBC . Since then we have developed Artificial intelligence (AI) but our love hate relationship with machines hasn’t...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  20 Sept 2025
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Trust,Loyalty and Respect
You’re not at your computer where are you? The use of Bosswear technology to check up on employees is just the latest example of trust or lack of it between managers and employees. So...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  17 Sept 2025
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Regional Heritage Skills Networks
The Situation The heritage sector needs a coordinated, sustainable approach to heritage skills development, with regional networks playing a central role. Collaboration, evidence-based planning,...
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Phil Pollard
Last updated:  17 Sept 2025
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Cocktails on the company credit card 
I know of an organisation that when it wished to get rid of a manager always looked at their past  expenses claims.    When the boss took the team out for after work drinks it was...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  10 Sept 2025
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AQ Seminar Series
Over the last two weeks we have hosted a series of three lunchtime seminars on the development of the next air quality framework. The first seminar, presented by Tanith Allinson from the...
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Louise Alexander
Last updated:  10 Sept 2025
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Standing in the way of progress
Reminds me of the parents who sort careers advice for their son concerned about his ambition to be a racing driver. The response, “Don’t stand in his way”. Silly joke but isn’t this what we are all...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  10 Sept 2025
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The Big HR rule book
The big HR rule book-it turns out it doesn’t exist.  I know but it’s easier if you think it does exist and we hold a copy other wise you would do a lot more crazy things   Policies...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  06 Sept 2025
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The second most sexy profession
I misread the head line it was in fact HR the second most sexist profession. Which explains why the article referred to the high percentage of women interviewed who reported being spoken over by...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  02 Sept 2025
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Enter the Negotiator
A bank robbery goes wrong. The bank robbers hold customers and employees hostage their demands are unclear but the lives of hostages are threatened. The SWAT team want to storm the building in a...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  02 Sept 2025
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Happiness at work isn’t about perks 
Are you happy working here? Would you be happier if you had a pay rise? Or could we give you a more important sounding job title ? What about a reserved parking space, free gym membership, an...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  14 Oct 2025
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Supporting Local Business Through Education: The Role of Trading Standards
Having just come out of a week-long trial in the Crown Court, I have been wondering how the public perceive Trading Standards.  As I sat in Court, listening intently to the Barristers...
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Emma Honey
Last updated:  10 Sept 2025
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Summer of SuDS
  Dear ASA members, Hopefully you've all enjoyed the summer sun and have managed to squeeze in at least a little leave. We at the ASA exec have had a busy time of it and so we just...
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Glen Westmore
Last updated:  28 Aug 2025
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Carrying a grudge 
I am constantly surprised at the number of successful leaders who carry  a grudge against a former colleague or associate that they clearly intend to carry to their grave. Some slight or...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  26 Aug 2025
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It a bit like the story of the tortoise and the hare.
The speed at which someone adapts, acquires skills, and integrates feedback is important to organisations required to adapt quickly in today’s fast paced business environment. So organisation...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  22 Aug 2025
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  Money is a tool .People are a resource. 
  Organisations are neither machines nor organisms, but considering them as sometimes machine-like or sometimes organism-like can be useful in managing the change agenda.    ...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  22 Aug 2025
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Company and Industry News Alert Service
Hi All, I wanted to reach out and ask if any departments have a News Alert Service in place to monitor Suppliers/Markets to send real-time push notifications out via text/e-mail or if you use...
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Ryan Martin
Last updated:  21 Aug 2025
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Leadership failures and business education 
Is it that business education is failing to equip leaders with the right skills or is it that so many  leaders neglect their own professional development once they become a Chief Executive...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  20 Aug 2025
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A goodbye from your KAN Chair
I’ve been heading up the Communities team in GOTT for over two years now – and what a time it’s been! However, a new challenge awaits me as I move on to a new role at the MHRA. It’s been an...
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Terry Louise Jones
Last updated:  20 Aug 2025
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