I’ve always worked in very traditional environments where there were either thinkers or do’ers. The do’ers were on the front line and did and the thinkers were behind them, researching, reading, discussing and then issuing strategies and directions which would then be cascaded down to the do’ers. My current role is a wee bit differentRead… Read more »
We don’t have a water cooler you can gather around at GDS (though we do have drinking water on tap) because you’d be massively in the way if you did but if we did this post would be tagged watercooler. I think best when I think aloud. I don’t have anyone to think aloud to,Read… Read more »
A university in London, one I can’t remember the name of, is running an advertising campaign at the moment called ‘Ambition is contagious’. It wont stop resonating. From listening to Mary Rand talk about her winning the gold medal in the long jump in 1964 igniting the aspirations and expanding the expectations of the restRead… Read more »
Standing around outside our office chatting the other day I was explaining about not owning many things. Now I didn’t mean that in the sense of clothes, shoes or handbags. I am a girl. No. I meant it in terms of the fact that moving house was a simple affair, being as how it involvedRead… Read more »
It’s about emergency planning and civil contingencies before you ask. I’m afraid however, this is not going to be a ‘read in 5 minutes’ blog post. I’m going to try, instead, to take you with me on my mind meanderings. Be patient. Grab a cup of coffee and a biscuit (just don’t bring the biscuitRead… Read more »
On Wednesday evening I sent this tweet: Found myself essentially saying ‘if a comms team is good enough you’ll never know they’re there’ today. I _think_ that’s true but, views? — LouLouK (@LouLouK) June 13, 2012 I’m not going to give context, it wouldn’t be fair but there was a conversation that generated this. InRead… Read more »
So. Habbo Hotel. Bit of a screw up there somewhere, isn’t there. As Channel 4 exclusively revealed today, there’s trouble at mill, trouble of the nastiness kind. Isn’t there? Firstly, I want to take issue with something that I know right now. Channel 4 telling me that chances are my child is one of theRead… Read more »
How many times do you see ‘flexible working’ in a job description and wonder what it actually means? As a term it could cover a multitude without clarification – does it mean flexi-time, or only if you’ve got children to pick up from school? Does it mean you can occasionally work from home, or againRead… Read more »
A butterflies wings flap. Someone sends a tweet. A government falls and rises again. But the beauty of Twitter is not in the very great consequences but in the small. Not the detail neither but in the flow and sway of unguarded conversations and chit chat about the weather. I can’t remember where my ownRead… Read more »
Press officers, communications teams, I am told, do not like losing control. So the advent of digital technology could be conceived to be their worst nightmare. Now, I’ve never worked in a communications team where control was something hung on to for dear life so I can’t comment on this from a personal perspective. ButRead… Read more »