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 The awkward squad
Has your organisation a deviant sub culture that inhibits innovation and transformation, explains why changes take so long to deliver and never fully  realise the benefits anticipated?   ...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  01 Jul 2025
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HR investigates
The manager expresses concern about the individuals quality of work, too many mistakes, and their general attitude to work which shows a lack of commitment. The employee complains of the manager...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  30 Jun 2025
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A high wire act with HR as the balancing pole 
True some people make it look easy but is it really as difficult and demanding as they would have us believe? I have heard it compared to walking a tightrope, a balancing act between competing...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  30 Jun 2025
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Busy is not the same as productive
My hairdresser always used to ask,”Are you busy at work” as a conversation opener. I usually answered,”not particularly” as I assumed she meant,”hectic “ and my work wasn’t , rather it was...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  27 Jun 2025
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EDI explained 
Dancers wanted. We would like to appoint dancers who can tango and or salsa. However whilst with us we expect you to waltz. Blair Mcpherson former Director, author and blogger...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  26 Jun 2025
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 Saggy stained mattress 
it’s my guilty early evening pleasure.Ever week four different  Bed and Breakfast’s establishments compete to see which offers the best vale for money. The tv. slogan is With 4 in a bed...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  25 Jun 2025
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If you listen closely you can hear the quiet cracking 
The ice melts slowly, it may still look thick and strong but it’s slowly thawing, you may be half way across the frozen lake before the cracks start appearing and then it may be too late. It’s the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  25 Jun 2025
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Launching, deploying: are we going to into orbit? Why words matter
I often hear people say, “land the change” and it really got me thinking about the analogy. When a plane lands, the journey is far from over. The plane must navigate taxiways, complete...
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Ian McLoughlin (North West)
Last updated:  23 Jun 2025
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It’s normal to talk to your self 
Just about to deliver a speech in front of a large audience. Sitting waiting to be interviewed for that job you desperately desire. Making a budget proposal which if successful will secure the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  23 Jun 2025
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More innovation …
RPC has been innovating approaches in one multi-service field. Other nearby fields are also working hard to improve things for kids and families. Two Wishes collects and posts especially about how...
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Nick Child
Last updated:  21 Jun 2025
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Don’t be a passion killer 
I once stood up at a large meeting of managers to announce that the social service department was going for Investors In People (IIP) accreditation for the whole department. I said how impressed...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  18 Jun 2025
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From Single Mum on Benefits to Civil Servant: Seen It. Done It. Lived It.
From Single Mum on Benefits to Civil Servant: Seen It. Done It. Lived It. There was a time when I felt invisible. A single mum, living on benefits, trying to build a future with nothing but...
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Zoe Pickford
Last updated:  16 Jun 2025
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The Future Is Carbon: Why Carbon Credits Are Key to 2040 and Europe's Climate Leadership
At first glance, they may seem like just another financial instrument. But in reality—and this is my personal view—credits are becoming a true lever for transformation, combining sustainability,...
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Rubén Parra
Last updated:  15 Jun 2025
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The why in what we do...
I never connected with the stereotypical view of an academic locked away in their ivory tower, far removed from the topics they explore. It never spoke to the ‘why’ of what I do. I have always...
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Anton Roberts
Last updated:  13 Jun 2025
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Rehab Special Interest Day 2025
Please follow the link below to access the recording from our 2025 Special Interest Day!     Rehab SID 2025
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Rehabilitation Project Team
Last updated:  13 Jun 2025
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What’s it like to work here?
Anthropologists have found that societies and cultures have in common a tendency to tell researchers  stories they think they will find interesting and not the reality of their lives. There...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  12 Jun 2025
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How to get a head without losing your head.
In the turbulent and changing world of the Tudors soft skills were the key to prosperity, power, influence and self preservation. Thomas Sackville member of Parliament and Lord High Treasure...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  10 Jun 2025
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Loyalty 
An employees takes a pay cut to save the company-is that loyalty or desperation?  A popular footballer leaves to join a rival cub is this disloyalty or a good career move ?   The boss...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  06 Jun 2025
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AI becomes dangerous 
“ When AI starts making us laugh, then we’re screwed” Salman Rushdie www.blairmcpherson.co.uk 
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  05 Jun 2025
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Environmental public health surveillance system (EPHSS): an introduction
UKHSA’s Environmental Public Health Surveillance System (EPHSS) provides a comprehensive, surveillance capability that allows the public health community to interrogate data and intelligence...
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Obiageli Onyekpe
Last updated:  04 Jun 2025
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