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What do dragons eat?
  So John Snow is prepared to give up his position as King of the North in order to form an alliance which he believes is their best chance of survival. But those loyal followers who crowned...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  16 Apr 2019
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Line of Duty
In every organisation there are those who cross the line. Whether it is fiddling their expenses, accessing porn on their work computer, “ inflating ” their performance figures or influencing...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  15 Apr 2019
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Artificial Intelligence signals the arrival of Big Brother
The ability to harvest large quantities of date gives bosses the means to monitor in detail how staff are using their time and when they are wasting time. The ability to record stokes on a...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  08 Apr 2019
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Being associated with success has a down side
  Liverpool’s striker has become an international super star due to his goal scorning exploits. It is well know that this Egyptian footballer comes from a small remote village. According to the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  07 Apr 2019
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The Public Sector is supposed to be a model employer 
The public sector is expected to behave differently to the private sector. Where as the private sector often requires legislation to improve the condition of workers or act in a way that...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  03 Apr 2019
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Backwards to a Glorious Future
     Where change has failed, let there be continuity. This is how one national news paper described the significance of a new person in charge in Manchester. That is Manchester United Football...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  30 Mar 2019
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The Office Revolution
Last year I visited the BMW-MINI Production Plant, at Cowley, Oxford. This was arranged as part of our theme on 'innovation' for Warwick Business School's Innovation network. The bodyshell...
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Stephen Dale
Last updated:  29 Mar 2019
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Sometimes the Leader is to Blame
As a senior manager I always signed up to the view that when something goes wrong we should resist the temptation to find out who was to blame. It’s not just that a blame culture makes...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  25 Mar 2019
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Gardeners Question Time 
The residents committee has just named my neighbour  as having an outstanding garden and to my embarrassment has named and shamed us as having a poor garden with little prospect of...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  24 Mar 2019
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I Take No Pleasure In Your Success
When asked how he felt about his former club becoming champions of Europe Jose Mourinho replied that it was achieved by the team he put together. What must it be like to be sacked...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  27 May 2024
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Child poverty and housing…We need to talk
1) Do we really understand how affordable our rents are for families? 2) Are we prioritizing rehousing for overcrowded and larger families? 3) How do we respond to families...
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Hanna McCulloch
Last updated:  11 Feb 2020
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Managing the Millennials 
Millennials are defined as the children of baby boomers. By 2020 they will make up 20% of the global workforce. Do they expect to be managed differently? Yes, more engaged, more involved and...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  12 Mar 2019
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The Righteous Manager
If you describe someone as self righteous, you disapprove of them because they are convinced that they are right in their beliefs, attitudes and behaviour and that other people are wrong. However...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  27 May 2024
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INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION
(Previously published at Stephendale.com) I don’t like Monday’s by The Boomtown Rats, says it all. Released way back in 1979 before millennials had become, well millennials, the...
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Stephen Dale
Last updated:  04 Mar 2019
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Are social workers the champion whingers? 
I’m a former social worker and someone who believes strongly in the professions values. I think that there are things social workers, whether working with young people or vulnerable adults, do...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  05 Dec 2023
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How to Use
This regional network is for organisations, health practitioners and individuals interested in climate and health issues relevant to Northern Ireland, to enable access and sharing of...
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Stephen Jones
Last updated:  04 Sept 2019
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Just saying 
You know all those articles which tell you the importance of learning to say “No”. How liberating it is, how you suddenly regain control of your life and establish a work life balance....
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  23 Feb 2019
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Back in time to the 60s
Recent research by the Centre for Social Investigation at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, has revealed that recruitment discrimination is as bad as it was in the late 60s   Despite...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  19 Feb 2019
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This charming man/woman
Ever wondered why candidates with less experience and knowledge get promoted so quickly? Could it be they charmed the interview panel? “He must have had quite a lot of charm ,as he was promoted...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  19 Feb 2019
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Property Flood Roundtable
The PFR roundtable has been in operation for about 2 years and has membership which includes leading insurance companies (Graham Brogden the Chair is from Aviva) and leading industry actors. 2017...
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Robbie Craig
Last updated:  11 Feb 2019
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