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Here I write about marketing, research, design, technology and anything else that comes to mind. Feel free to comment (moderated, I’m afraid).

With my great age comes a certain pernicketiness and selfishness with my time and how I spend it. I am done with ‘conferences’. I am no longer willing to be a 6-hour spectator of the sheep dip of sponsors’ talks with their tops fives, lessons learned and must-have tools – the sum total of learnings …

404, no I’m not lost Read More »

Uisce Beatha, literally

It’s good to have friends that know you. Friends that don’t humour you by agreeing to come to your boring hotel pool and jacuzzi but instead go ahead and plan an open water swim in the WhatsApp group despite the howling winds and lashing rain. Friends that know, before you know, that you’ll never turn down …

Uisce Beatha, literally Read More »

My 13-year-old son recently failed a minor water safety award. He had been attending an evening class once per week for ten weeks and didn’t pass on the final night for reasons that included his voice not being definite enough and failure to maintain eye contact with the subject. My son is on the autism …

Does your Diversity & Inclusion policy include Opportunities for Success? Read More »

This is the blog post I wrote for Congregation or #cong16, a really cool ‘un-conference’ style digital media and technology festival taking place in Cong, Co Mayo from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th November 2016. This is the fourth year of the event with over 100 experts from all over Ireland and overseas expected. Go along, blog your …

Don’t Mind the Gap: Career Pivots are cool Read More »