Managers & Leaders, is one ‘better’?
Prompted by a question on a friend’s Facebook post, I’ve been caused to reflect again on how we talk about and differentiate these roles.
Unhurried – The Joy of Cycle Touring
This little film sums up perfectly the joy I find in cycletouring. It’s also inspired me to do the The John Muir Way another cycle tour to add to the list!
Politics – Solving Division with Technology
A fascinating video about technology & politics & the use digital tools to help bring consensus rather than division was recently brought to my attention by Rich Bishop. Has anyone else had experience of this? I would love to look at how we can bring this...
Interview on YouCanTri Podcast
I had the chance to chat to Penny Wilkin from You Can Coaching about my life in cycling, the joys of cycle commuting and family cycling and sharing a few tips along the way. Take a listen to Episode 30 to hear my conversation with Penny.
Interview on BBC Midlands about Economic Statement & latest restrictions
Today my loft got to be famous again as I shared, on behalf of Federation of Small Businesses, thoughts on today’s statement & what’s good and what needs a little more detail to ensure it matches need.
Interview on BBC Midlands Today about return to office based work
Moment of fame this evening for me & my loft office as I was interviewed on BBC Midlands Today about the challenges around businesses returning to office based work and the impact on the lunchtime economy.
Free at point of use, how very British!
My musings on the wider story of the recent happenings at Little Stoke parkrun.I Love parkrunBack on the 17th November 2012, I turned up at Memorial Park in Coventry, bar code in hand, to run my first 5k parkrun, trying to find some way to keep fit as I just didn’t...
Why voting is important
This stat caught my attention from the Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2013 report produced by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/monitoring-poverty-and-social-exclusion-2013:“the proportion of pensioners in poverty is at...
Another interview from yesterday, on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire with Shane about hours worked by small business owners
I recorded an interview yesterday that was broadcast on BBC Today this morning. Unfortunately, as it was pre-recorded, I didn’t get to respond to the representative of Damos (http://www.demos.co.uk/) with whom I would like to discuss in more detail some of his points...