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Music Monday – “It’s cold out there/But it’s warm in bed/They can dance/We’ll stay home instead”

“Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go!” – Wham!

¶ Posted 15 January 2024 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Wisdom Wednesday – Morbidity and Mortality Conferences

I just finished a book called “The Big Fail: What The Pandemic Revealed About Who It Protects and Who it Leaves Behind” which is a fairly even handed look at the Covid pandemic, three years after it began, by the same journalists who wrote “Smartest Guys in the Room” about the Enron scandal. This book […]

¶ Posted 10 January 2024 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: health, orgdevl

Music Monday – “Carve the Turkey/Turn the ball game on/Mix margaritas when the egg-nog’s gone Send somebody to the Quickpak Store/We need some ice and an extension cord”

More than ever before, feel unbelievably fortunate to have all four grandparents joining us for Christmas this year… “Merry Christmas From the Family” – Cody Cannon

¶ Posted 25 December 2023 § Family § Humour § PopCulture § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, music

Wisdom Wednesday – The Three Levels of Relationship in Any Workplace

The three levels of relationships that exist for all employees, at any level, are: 1. with those who are above you in the hierarchy 2. those who are below you 3. those who are at the same level as you In my experience, people tend to be good in one or two of these “directions” […]

¶ Posted 13 December 2023 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Your Real Job Is To Be A Translator

I was in an OH&S meeting once where they were talking about buying walkie-talkies so staff could more easily communicate with each other in our large Central branch. One of the clerks spoke up and said “What sort of training will we get?” A high level manager could barely hide her distain as she replied […]

¶ Posted 06 December 2023 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education

Are We (Finally) Coming Out of Covid? Probably Not But Also Maybe?

I haven’t written a lot about Covid lately but it’s interesting to reflect on how our attitudes and therefore, our language, changes. For instance, I have started saying “Coming out of Covid” to refer to our current situation and as a reflection of what I see in wider society – very little masking (including myself […]

¶ Posted 05 December 2023 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, economics, health

Music Monday – “We watched our friends grow up together/And we saw them as they fell/Some of them fell into Heaven/Some of them fell into Hell” (RIP Shane MacGowan: 1957-2023)

RIP to the only performer that ever scared the shit out of me when he appeared on SNL in the early to mid 1990’s. And what a performer he was! “A Rainy Night in Soho” – The Pogues And at this time of year, I have to mention the greatest Christmas song of all-time… “Fairytale […]

¶ Posted 04 December 2023 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Friday Fun Link – How Tarantino Uses Violence

¶ Posted 01 December 2023 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: movies, music

Wisdom Wednesday – Performance Punishment

This ties into the post I did last week about Rock Stars, Rock Steadies, and Rock Bottoms. As a leader, important to regularly assess if you’re punishing your rock stars for being so good at their job (and maybe ask colleagues too as we all have our blind spots.)