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The powerless manager 
The manager is a marginal influence. There are very few brilliant managers. Those that are ,are very much the exception. Most just get on with it with varying degrees of competence. They know what...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  08 Jun 2024
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Holding feet to the fire
It sounds like a torture technic used by some despicable totalitarian regime. In fact it was a phrase used to describe holding an organisation and its leadership accountable. It certainly conveys...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  08 Jun 2024
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Empathy Day
Today is Empathy Day.  Working in the early years sector we focus a lot on the personal, social and emotional development of our children. Helping them to learn the language to express their...
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Liz Hodgman
Last updated:  06 Jun 2024
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I worked for a cool manager 
There are managers who are bullies and managers who are rising stars , managers who are fence sitters and managers who are innovators. But only a very few managers are truly cool.    If...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  30 May 2024
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Anger at work
There is road rage, social media vitriol and increasing reports of abuse of shop workers. The public are angry and increasingly willing to express it. But what I want to focus on is office anger,...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  31 May 2024
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Not up to the job 
I was too trusting  Other people let me down  I didn’t ask the right questions I forgot my values  I didn’t understand the technical stuff but was reluctant to admit it  I...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  27 May 2024
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AI Chatbots
Paul Gray and colleagues at Scottish Government Library have created an excellent guide to AI Chatbots and Search Engines.  It'll show you the pros and cons, the dos and don'ts, and the fine...
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Helen Blockwell
Last updated:  24 May 2024
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The Smart way to deal with bullies 
A group of Hells Angels roar up to a transport cafe and noisily tumble through the door shoving and pushing each other. There is one customer  a truck driver who has just sat down to eat a...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  24 May 2024
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School Uniform Donation Appeal 2024
Not every child starts school in August with a new uniform, and this can profoundly impact their self-esteem. Our mission is to ensure that every child experiences the same sense of belonging as...
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Collette Moran
Last updated:  23 May 2024
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The fox is in the hen house and other cryptic messages.
The door is open but they insist on climbing through the window  The gardener-my garden is full of weeds the herbicide isn’t working. I need someone to pull them up by their roots.  We...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  23 May 2024
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 Talking your way out of trouble
The smooth talker doesn’t make up implausible excuses, like my dog ate my home work or the WiFi went down , they admit their mistakes, apologise and use humour and flattery to get them selves out...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  22 May 2024
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Best career advice ever
“I'm giving you a chance to survive this place not a f****ing  career opportunity “  The tattooist of Auschwitz   
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  19 May 2024
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Do we expect too much from the workplace ? 
I was reading an article on how important it was that employees were made to feel they belong. Whilst I agree it is a problem if people feel they don’t fit in or belong in a team or organisation I...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  19 May 2024
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Friends teaching AI to be sarcastic 
  Artificial Intelligence (AI ) like Sheldon has trouble detecting sarcasm. The very brainy Sheldon is like AI very literal. But that could soon change using episodes of US comedies like The...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  17 May 2024
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Some of the best solutions come from informal conversations!
Scottish Recovery Network brings together people, services and organisations, across sectors, to create a mental health system that is recovery focused and powered by lived experience. A key part...
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Christine Muir
Last updated:  15 May 2024
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“ We never ever do nice and easy”
 In the  intro to the live version of Proud Mary, Tina Turner says, “ We never ever do nice and easy” she was talking about the energy they put into their performance but if you know...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  19 May 2024
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Job Opening: Zero Carbon Council Policy Project Lead
"Are you passionate about climate action and committed to driving change and supporting our internal work on carbon management to become carbon neutral by 2030? We have an excellent...
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Kunal Prasad
Last updated:  12 May 2024
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The best ever episode of Four in a Bed 
Four couples compete to see who has the best value for money B&B. Having been treated fairly by everyone else the couple had an apparently unbeatable 100% final score. Just to be sure of...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  08 May 2024
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Spuddle -17 th century
They’re hard working, they put in the hours, no one doubts their commitment. Pity they‘re  useless. Their diary is full of meetings from early morning to early evening. Their mail box is full....
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  05 May 2024
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It’s expensive and one day it will work 
It wasn’t Covid. It wasn’t  the War. It wasn’t leaving the EU. It wasn’t the Trade Unions or the Government that brought the largest Local Authority in the country to its knees. It was IT....
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  01 May 2024
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