One decision I took early in my management career was to take everything that came to me on a case-by-case basis. This was, in part, because when I was being managed by other people I constantly ran into useless 'company … Continue reading →
My folks were decent respectable people with a clear opinion of right and wrong. From the age of seventeen, I was permitted to smoke at home but alcohol consumption such as a glass of wine with food had to wait … Continue reading →
Let me start by declaring that I hate shopping, of any kind. I rarely need anything myself but when I do, I take a deep breath, put on a brave face and go to a shop. One of my little … Continue reading →
Whenever the average Joe Soap thinks about researchers as a breed, he likely visualizes serious faced blokes in white coats milling reverently around a laboratory of gleaming steel and glass, clipboard in hand. In the mind's eye, it must take … Continue reading →