Working with consultants – 15 ways to reduce the risks and maximise the benefits
Working with a consultant for the first time carries some risks. There’s a lot of trust involved – you discuss your project and they disappear, leaving you to hope they produce what you need, on time. Commissioning assistance is an important decision, and the outputs...
Five ways to avoid OOS when working at home
Thanks to Covid-19, this was a year where working at home became normal. As well as the global benefit of lower emissions from vehicles, we also enjoyed: less traffic on the roadwearing soft pants at workhanging out with the dogbeing trusted to deliver on timehaving...
Working from home – love it or hate it?
I usually love working from home, but the past couple of weeks have been a challenge. Here are three things that have helped me since the lockdown began. Identify your fears, uncertainties and doubts (FUDs). Global and national anxiety is contagious. When my personal...
How to stay sane in LTP season
We’ve been trying to keep up with our four zucchini plants — which means we now have a year’s worth of pickle, and have been making a lot of zucchini fritters, as well as finding a way to include zucchini in every other possible dinner. I don’t know about you,...
How to meet your deadlines during the Christmas countdown
There’s no such thing as a free dog. There’s also no such thing as a free Christmas holiday — the price of entry is taking part in the extreme sport of getting everything done by Christmas. But back to the ‘free’ dog. When we were given Max I didn’t...
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