Power, Influence and Strategy
Weekly blog continuing into month 3 - becoming almost habitual and at times cathartic. Having made the rookie consultant error of not thinking about next assignments when in the middle of a busy period I have found myself with a bit more time on my hands over the last week or so. Been good to re-charge,
Waking up in a parallel universe…..
We seem to have entered a world without political shame - the likes of which I don't remember seeing before. I grew up under the Thatcher governments of 80's. They were at times dreadful and we to a large extent are still living with their consequences - be that in damaged communities, lack of access
Navigating the storms – governance, leadership and ethical decision making.
Alternatively - it's raining indoors again. Over the years every single pipe in our house has burst at some point - there was a period when I thought Dave the plumber (and erstwhile Elvis impersonator) had moved in with us and I had the insurance company on speed dial. So having had all of the
Welcome to the world of consultancy (& to Brighton)
Met an old colleague this week (Adele) who is just about to take her first tentative steps into the world of consultancy and self-employment. The sense of trepidation and excitement took me back 4 years to when I started thinking about my own journey (it took me a few more months to take the plunge).
I went to Wales – it rained….
Which to be honest wasn't really a surprise. It's February after all. Always good to visit and to think about the impact and opportunities that devolution offers in terms of drug and policy and practice. Spent some great time with Mighty Mick who is spearheading some Peer 2 Peer naloxone provision and outreach throughout Gwent.
A weekly blog…. yikes
So I launched a new website at the back end of 2023 and thought I'd start the year committing to a monthly blog - of the important things that float around my head: work, life, music and politics and their various interfaces. Suggestion by Andy Winter to make it a weekly thing playing right into
2024 – How is it going so far….?
So I actually managed to switch off for a couple of weeks at the end of the year. Caught up with friends and family, took instruction on how to update website and post blogs read books and to re-stock for the coming year.. Naievely I had hoped that we might collectively rediscover kindness and whilst
Why Here – Why Now…
It was the summer of 2020 – there was a global pandemic, much of society was in lockdown. There was clearly no better time than to make a life changing decision and leave work. I had been working at Executive level in a large national charity for over two decades, was committed to the aims
Pale Male and Stale
Pale Male and Stale or - what you can do to create change I asked some trusted friends and colleagues what they thought my opening blogs should about when I launched this website. General consensus was “talk about things you know about and have an interesting take on – strategy, change and being an old white
