One of my favorite roles in my career was heading up a sales team. I know it seems an odd thing for someone with a technical background to be doing, but it makes perfect sense, I really enjoyed it and I know I left it in a better place by focusing on the people ensured
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When I am looking to work with people, people to become part of my team (or myself to become part of another team) I look for three things in people. Having a team around you is really important to ensure things get done. I don’t mean getting the same things done – I mean getting the
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Featured article in The Memo.
They say that Uber is the largest taxi firm without owning any taxis, and AirBnB has more hotel rooms than Hilton. But after the employment court ruling that Uber needs to treat their drivers as employees, is this a game changer for everything? Employing people is expensive, and then looking after a fleet of vehicles
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If we want anything doing we will have to fight for it. I am pleased we have a new Prime Minister. Regardless of which party you support, or if you do or do not like Theresa May – we have someone in charge now. She comes with very credible experience in government. But of course
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It was a bold and brave move to put the UK to a referendum on the EU. I have never hidden my desire for the UK to remain in the EU, and of course I respect the decision of the UK voting public. We are to leave the EU. The UK at the front, leading
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Today is the morning after a wonderful evening spent with IT peers listening to what senior IT leaders think about business and IT. The subject of the Brexit came up – mainly because I raised the issue in conversation and I am passionate that the UK should remain in the EU. I am worried that
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I will get around to writing some business related things here at some point, but for now – I am on a rant about LGB and being trans. And America (well parts of it). OK actually this blog is about business too – and it is also about fairness and equality. The UK Government have
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Just A Hard-drive of Data The scale of the leak from Mossack Fonseca compared to other recent leaks is staggering. 2.6TB of data, 11 and half million documents. WikiLeaks comes in at just 1.7GB – a drop in the ocean. OK – let’s be honest you could fit all that data on a portable hard-drive
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I read with interest the Totaljobs employee survey about trans people – a survey completed by trans people about their job and career. They should be congratulated by taking up the chance to collate this survey and sharing it with a wide audience. If you are trans there are no really surprises (it’s not great),
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