I’m so glad that the Democrats have won. If you take our Equality Act as the yard stick by which to judge Trump, the last 4 years have been a considerable retrograde step. Yet men and women, young people and old people, black people and white people have voted for him. People have nailed their colours to the mast and it’s not a shade of grey, it’s as black and white as red and blue……………..
I haven’t blogged for 2 days. And this is technically not a blog. It’s a can’t-blog, won’t-blog, non-blog. When they say it’s ok not to be ok, I’m stretching that to include blogging. My brain feels a bit like it has nothing it it right now, you know? ………………………..
I’ve heard people refer to careers by portfolio as side hustles. But that makes me think of pick pockets and slight of hand con artists! So I’ll stick with ‘career by portfolio’. And as I type I realise how closely related this is to the idea of expert generalists…. So, bear with me…………………………..
Now that I’m not leaving my home very much, I’m finding that its function is expanding. I’m finding myself likening my home to a spaceship………………..
Twice this week I’ve had positive and kind comments. I’ve been really taken aback and surprised at such genuine kindness, forcing me to reflect and re-evaluate my self awareness……………….
I’ve been thinking about specialism versus generalism for a while and today I stumbled on an article from Harvard Business review discussing the value of generalists in the world of research and development. The article talks about the benefit of generalist researchers who have a breadth of knowledge versus specialist researchers who have a depth of knowledge…………………
I had a meeting today with someone sitting on the stairs! And it was a perfectly helpful, civilised meeting. Except it was on the stairs! I felt like I should ask if he was ok. But he was clearly ok and neither banished from his living room nor relegated from the study…
I’m a J. A planner, an organiser and an arrive early at a meetinger. COVID, working from home and virtual meetings have changed the parameters of all of that. It used to be that you needed 20 minutes to get between meeting, to walk down the corridor or up two flights...
Working from home and the new normal has given me more time to do some bite-sized learning. I’m an avid fan of learning new things and am always looking for ‘input’. I’ve been really impressed by TED Talks, Big Think, LinkedIn Learning, Future Learn and some of the professional webinars I’ve watched. You’ll have seen my posts about….
Yesterday I posted about webinar preparation. Today my experiences are directing me to think about preparation in general, and timeliness. Getting something done by a deadline is really important. A lack of preparation, planning and delivery on one persons part might...