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What’s My Job Again?

What’s My Job Again?

Posted on 22 October 2025 by

Last month I talked about the “Call for Help” box within my Elements of Improvement model and this month I want to talk about a box which is giving me […]

Defensive Organising

Defensive Organising

Posted on 2 June 2025 by

When you care about Business School External Engagement you have to care about LinkedIn.  After the painful takeover of Twitter, the ruthless replacement of a cute, blue bird by the […]

Hungry Cultures

Hungry Cultures

Posted on 17 December 2023 by

If you’ve read a few of these blogs you’ll know that I collect business phrases and new terminologies like some kind of airport business book magpie. There are those that […]

Rosé Cava Revolution?

Rosé Cava Revolution?

Posted on 8 September 2023 by

I’ve just got back from a lovely week away with my husband and daughter and, for the first time, I went ‘all inclusive’.  Before I decided to add on this […]

Operations Rule the World

Operations Rule the World

Posted on 31 January 2021 by

There are many things that annoy me in the world of work, but a particular bugbear of mine, which I’m sure happens in many organisations, is that when discussing the […]

How Would It Make You Feel?

How Would It Make You Feel?

Posted on 30 October 2020 by

“What is the problem you are trying to solve?” *Thunderbolt* *Dramatic Music* *Spine Tingles*  “The best thing to do when things are complicated and you’re not sure which way to […]

GDPR-ositivity

Posted on 23 March 2018 by

I heard the letters G, D, P and R together for the first time in April 2017 at a Breakfast Briefing that the Business School organised about the DVLA’s digital […]

Creating Organizational Cultures of Learning – Linked Learning Loops

Posted on 23 March 2018 by

“The trouble with us is that we’ve got no corporate memory.” I’ve heard this statement in various forms from a variety of different people I’ve worked with over the years. […]

Diversity Within the Digital Board

Posted on 23 March 2018 by

When contemplating the composition of progressive digital boards, it’s relatively easy to draw up a wish list. You’d want a board to possess a mixture of managerial acumen and technical […]

E-Efficiency and E-Effectiveness

Posted on 23 March 2018 by

It is my firm belief that public services can be at the cutting edge of digital developments. In a previous BVEX blog I eulogized about the savings in both customer […]