Category: Personal

Our hyper-connected world seems to demand actions are taken at such a frenetic pace that it can only lead to poor decisions. As the proverb says ‘marry in haste, repent at leisure.’

To deliver good enough training demands that we have good enough colleagues to travel with us.

What is encouraging are the stories of the difference the projects we have been working in have made in the lives of the participants and in the work of colleagues and in the lives of listeners, viewers and readers.

There is little worse than sickness when you are travelling and away from your normal support systems. It did, though, provide an opportunity to receive uncommon kindness shown by new friends.

The third-age is that period we sometimes call retirement. Many find it as busy a time as their formal working lives – they just do different things. How we choose to engage with retirement will mark out how satisfied and fulfilled we will be. For small organisations, the retirement of a senior member of staff can mean the end of its life. So planning for the third-age is critical.