I really enjoyed meeting everyone at The Fourth National Cancer Conference in Hull last week. It was my University town, not my birthplace but nevertheless a formative place I have many fond memories of. There were a few familiar faces from the world of palliative care I used to inhabit and some really exciting new …
Three ways to get out of “another fine mess I got me into” Imagine you have just made a really dumb mistake. Like deleting and trying to retrieve day’s worth of laborious data entry. You will know the feeling ……it’s like unscrambling this brainteaser puzzle below without a pen! You have to do it mentally without leaving any guiding …
Three quick tips to avoid the trap of tick-boxing Read More »
I’ve been inexcusably quiet on the blog front. There was a reason though. As If, is my next book. And I’m learning to tie it to the blog as a win-win for us all. It is due late 2016 and I’m giving an early taster here for first readers….Next book- free chapter Today I’m releasing …
Three invaluable benefits of hindsight (As If you already have it) Read More »
As everyone on the planet is doing today, I am about to offer my best wishes for a new and improved upgrade on 2015! So was 2015 an upgrade on 2014? For me, I really couldn’t say it was overall. Though it has had its moments of joy and defeat as every year does. The …
Why I was fidgeting in 2015 and deluded about 2016! Read More »
An explosion of colour I have a friend who honestly and humbly told me recently that all they really ever hoped of life was to love and feel loved, a sense of belonging and to be able to make a real personal contribution. I think this is a very clear and honest take upon what lies behind most of the …
This is a sobering poster, seen in a classroom used regularly by safety trainers for the offshore oil industry. Have you ever had to teach or been taught from someone else’s notes? It can be stilted, awkward and lacklustre, however thorough your preparation is. Ah, there’s nothing like working with your own interpretation of a subject in any teaching situation! Thoughts of my earliest attempts …
My<3 is sad today How many people are tangled in their affairs & miss their defining moment. Make Mon 24th yours! http://ow.ly/QW92G