‘Life is a school of probability.’ Walter Bagehot
I am wading my way through Andrew Marr’s ‘A history of the world’. I started reading the physical book some years ago and didn’t get very far, judging by the…
“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor”
In previous blogs I have referenced how on occasion in the work environment I have found myself in a situation where my view was being sought and – based upon…
“Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.” Zhuangzi
It is official, Finland is the world’s happiest country and has been for four consecutive years. This is according to the World Happiness Report[i] published on March 20, in observance…
“Friends don’t count chromosomes.”
I’ve commented before on how the pandemic and in particular the requirement for us to work from home has narrowed the gap between our ‘work’ and ‘personal’ lives. I was…
“None of us is as smart as all of us” Kenneth H. Blanchard
A couple of weeks ago my blog focused on a brilliant podcast by Roger Urwin of the Thinking Ahead Institute[i]. Roger’s podcast covered a range of topics but looking to…
“. . . the newspapers of Utopia, he had long ago decided, would be terribly dull.” Arthur C. Clarke
I am an ambivalent reader/viewer of the news. Most days I will be busy in some work-related activity and realise mid-afternoon that I haven’t ‘checked in’ on the latest news. …
“History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain
Since I started my weekly blog back in May 2020 there have been a range of themes that keep appearing. The central theme has – deliberately – been that of…
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw
Since starting my own business I have become a much more active LinkedIn user. This has certain advantages as I seek to broaden my work network and keep updated with…
“In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run it is a weighing machine.” Benjamin Graham.
What I thought would be a relatively straightforward tale of chaos in financial markets has turned into a much more complex and entangled matter. The more I look into the…
“I find that when you open the door toward openness and transparency, a lot of people will follow you through.” Kirsten Gillibrand
At the risk of being a bit repetitive in these posts, this week I continue the theme discussed last week and a number of others; that of sustainability. The catalyst…
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