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Tue 4 Jul 2017I have always been a passionate supporter of teamwork – be it in sport, family or business. My addiction to teamwork started when I was about 6 years old. I…
Read moreI have always been a passionate supporter of teamwork – be it in sport, family or business. My addiction to teamwork started when I was about 6 years old. I…
Read moreIt wasn’t that long ago that AI was the enemy. In films like Terminator (1984), The Matrix (1999) and as recently as 2015’s Avenger: The Age of Ultron, Artificial Intelligence…
Read more“Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain” – Edmund Hillary My challenges are nothing compared to those faced by the children at…
Read moreIt’s no secret that I love the summer. I live in the West Country, not far from Stonehenge and Glastonbury, and while I’m not a particular believer in pageant festivals,…
Read moreFifteen Housing Ministers in seventeen years. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any other job outside of Westminster which has been filled and vacated so often…
Read more(My sons, they just don’t know it yet…) My eldest son still lives at home. It’s not what I would have done at 30 years of age but I guess at his age, I would have been earning more than a living wage. Being at home is comfortable, close to work and everything he could possibly want is available. By 30, I’d already been married for seven years […]
Read moreI bet I’m not the only one to do this, especially when a thought jumps into your head. You grab your phone and start looking up things on a whim….
Read moreBeing so close to the election, I’ve been thinking a lot about the promises made in party manifestos. No matter who wins the election on 8th June, the Prime Minister and their cabinet will be held accountable and judged against the promises they make. Out of their promises come expectations and the satisfaction of the public depends on the whether those promises are kept. […]
Read moreToo often it is easier to see the negative in a situation so we can create a defence against it. Sometimes this approach is useful, making us find new ways of working and pushing our limits further. However a negative stimulus is only good for so long, depressing morale and creating division. The human mind reacts […]
Read more“Of course I do not regret the Bond days, I regret that sadly heroes in general are depicted with guns in their hands, and to tell the truth I have always hated guns and what they represent.” – Roger Moore. When Sir Roger Moore died last month, so did one of the Country’s greatest gentleman and humanitarians. […]
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