Minimalism I am a Minimalist A statement often met with strange looks or people asking how many items do you own? Do I have a family? Or do I even work? Minimalism is viewed by many as a strange fad some sort of hipster, new age, let’s go and find myself type of lifestyle, this may be true for many it is not in my view what minimalism is. What is…
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Paved with good intentions The warning of good intentions Over the past month I have been involved in several discussions that have included the terrifying phrases: you can’t worry about that as this is the perfect solution. yes but we are good people, so that’s not a problem Now let me add a context every time I have heard these or similar statements they have come from people I trust and respect or at…
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Thoughts on Freedom of Speech and Views Recently the issues of freedom of beliefs have played a prominent part in conversations especially over the last few weeks both online and face to face. For the apparent simplicity is not a simple thing or something that everyone has reached agreement on.
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Being a Digital Nomad Progressively, over the last ten years, my working style has shifted to give me mobile access to all the facilities I would find in a conventional office environment.
With more people having portfolio carriers and the corporate world moving towards flexible hours, hot desking and multiple office locations, the need to change the way we work has increased.
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Personal thoughts on the EU Referendum I don’t want to focus on the standard arguments of trying to renegotiate trade agreements or the possible effect on the economy or any of the other points or hypothesis that get put forward in these referendum articles or by people. Instead, let’s look at internal concepts one of Sovereignty and the other of Tribe and how both are essential to how we view ourselves and arrive at the decisions…
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A thought on personal responsibility Over the last few months, I have been thinking about how we are individually much more responsible for events than we think and in many ways how this responsibility is not always clear to us as individuals. This process has caused me to reevaluate many of my previous decisions. It is always easier to understand things when you have an example to illustrate the point, and for this, I will…
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Syria, why can we not debate? To be clear I am not in favour of air raids and strikes which is not the same not supporting military action as part of a wider set of activities. The thing that interest me in the current situation is that people reject something quickly and in many cases aggressively without rational debate. I like to try to stay as close to truth as I can, even if it is…
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Competition and a Free Market Economy – Uber I am always worried by regulation that is imposed by government or industry bodies that restrict the evolution of the industry, and in many cases reduce the service that is available to the public/customer. Currently in the UK a prime example of this is TFL (Transport For London) attempt to restrict the capabilities of Uber so that the black cabs can compete on equal terms. This kind of stagnation in…
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The Marked Mans Choices Lots of recent conversations have possibly made it worth laying out “the marked mans choice” I have heard it called other names but they all amount to the same thing.
Although this can be found with many different starting points the one that is most common in my experience is the company you are moving in to has not got sufficient funds to survive. Most of the staff don’t see this or fully understand the seriousness of the situation, if nothing changes everyone is out of work and struggling to make payments on thier mortgage.
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Cathryn Posey – Video – Web Summit 2014 Cathryn Posey’s talk at the Web Summit in Dublin yesterday, looking to disrupt the gender roles in the industry.
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