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Peer to peer awards

Some of the things that tend to happen at this time of the year: horrid hangovers, suspect sartorial decisions, weightier waistlines, and for a lot of organisations, annual award ceremonies. The most powerful change we have made to recognising and celebrating our best...

Consistently inconsistent

The enforced stop that was the pandemic meant that life inertia was halted for a lot of people, giving space for reviews of all sorts of things that may never have had air in the "normal" run of things. Behaviours changed, stopped, or new ones appeared in accordance...

What is the best use of my time right now?

It feels like, over the last couple of months, our previously adult businesses have regressed to toddlerhood - both requiring close supervision and producing an endless amount of todos, or rather, "should have been done alreadys" - and have found myself floundering...
What role are you playing now?

What role are you playing now?

The BBC reported last week that of the top 50 companies in the UK, most are reporting that they are not planning on bringing workers back to the office full time. To state the obvious, Covid has been a massive catalyst for change for many of us, as our homes...

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Future me is awesome.

Future me is awesome.

Future me is awesome. Future me says medium instead of large. Future Me gets his weekly blog post done on time. Future me is a hero. I am yet to meet Future Me so in the meantime, Present Me needs a plan. Past Me promised his business partner Aoife his weekly blog...

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Predictably unpredictable.

Predictably unpredictable.

They weren't predicting this. Those of our clients who have been able to open are surpassing all expectations. "Never thought we could do numbers like that" said one customer as they bolted past pre Covid trading records with their insides missing. Predictably...

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How to develop resilience?

How to develop resilience?

There is nothing like a global pandemic to underscore the notion that things don't always pan out the way you'd hoped. A word that has been thrown around a lot in response is "resilience" - the capacity to recover quickly from difficulty or to spring back into shape. ...

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The day has FINALLY arrived!

The day has FINALLY arrived!

It's doors open time, well, the ones to the patio anyway! I have been speaking to friends recently about the prospect of meeting up (together, in a bar, with others) and there is a bit of a 'first day at high school' feel about it all. No small amount of excitement, a...

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Barmetrix emerges as Ruckus.

Barmetrix emerges as Ruckus.

We entered the pandemic named Barmetrix and we are emerging as Ruckus. As tempting as it is to say our name change came as a result of intense reflection over the last year, the truth is that the first lockdown announcement and our intended launch date collided. As...

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