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Nothing will come of (doing) nothing*

I truly believe that to have an opinion worthy of consideration by others one must first have some experience of the topic in hand, whether that’s first hand or indirectly through someone who does. I try to steer away from topics that I have no knowledge of and this was the rationale behind my enrollment […]

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Business & Management Communication & Leadership Uncategorized

My times needed a-changin’*

I started this blog in February 2020 after losing my job with a major industrial manufacturer the previous month. On my final visit to the manufacturing sites (my farewell tour, if you like), one of my colleagues suggested that my management and leadership style was so different to the other senior managers/Execs in the organisation […]

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Business & Management Communication & Leadership

Breaking Bad…News

Introduction This topic might be considered a sub-topic of various headings contained within the management toolbox. It touches on Leadership, as without this ability one can’t be a leader, it certainly falls into the category of Communication, yet it also requires Emotional Fortitude and an ability to Execute timely and effectively. Acquiring (or mastering) the […]

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An anthology of other musings Seasons

The Fall – Season, or statement?

It’s been a full 2 months since my last post and 5 months since I wrote “It’s Summer..and?” for the blog. Motivation, like the pervading sense of reality in the world, has inexorably diminished since my literary peak in the second quarter of the year and I’m not entirely sure why. So, here I am […]

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Business & Management The principles of Lean

WOO! Waiting. Overprocessing. Overproduction

The following are abridged and edited version of articles that first appeared in WHERE To Print, written by WTP columnist, Andrew Malson Waiting There can be no value attributed to waiting. That sentence could be the start and end of this section. The unit of measurement of waiting is time and while Time Management spurned […]

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An anthology of other musings Band bios and reviews

And now for something completely different……

cover photo by Matthew Eynon http://www.instagram.com/grande_le_onion/ The Rhythm Slicks These last couple of days, I was given the opportunity to write copy for a new website for some very talented musicians/songwriters, who just happen to be good friends of mine. Not only was the copy to be for the band bio but also an intro […]