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Interim reflections

Sep 2020 | Leader, LinkedIn, Personal, Thinkpiece

In 2018, after many years enjoying directly employed status, followed by an interesting consultancy portfolio, I took a step into contract-based, interim work. Two years and two interim chief executive placements later, I have used a short break to capture some key...

Background

Sep 2020 | Personal

I began my career as a fashion designer at multi-national textiles company Coats Viyella, producing top-end womenswear, generating £ms in sales for respected national retailers. My industrial design experience was keenly sought in the ‘90s and I lectured on numerous...

What’s in the tin?

Nov 2018 | Leader

I am sometimes asked what I do for a living with an expectation that my response will comprise a simple word or two. I don’t, though, have an easily identifiable profession or job which says what it does on the tin, such as engineer, sales assistant, teacher. I have...

Who gives a Pluck?

Aug 2018 | Personal

Who gives a Pluck? A review of Fascism: A Warning, by Madeleine Albright There is nothing like reading a good book, but I am bad at it. Daily demands, aka a lack of personal discipline, reduces me to an online daily digest of public affairs, contemporary articles and...