Unless they are having a holding your breath underwater competition....
Saturday, 29 August 2009
Thursday, 13 August 2009
oh, it's yersel!
I was reading this blog post by Chris Hall about "being yourself at work".
It's really resonated with me - for a couple of reasons. I work for a plc. In the midst of my employer's interim results, mergers and acquisitions by other companies and the general uncertainty in the financial sector, it's very easy to get distracted from the long-game. or even from the medium-game!
A part of me lives in the moment. All I have is right now. (which leads me to ask if as a Jesus Follower, I am "in Christ" and He is God, outside of time, does that mean there's a part of us as spiritual beings who are outside of time too, but that's another blog post waiting to happen). The best I can be right now is me, and the most satisfaction I can get right now is from being the person I was made to be - no matter where I am. Does that make any sense? Does anyone else feel like that?
I believe we shape tomorrow by the way we live now. Maybe by living more as ourselves in the midst of our employers, we will contribute more, enjoy it more and ultimately feel more rewarded as a result. Our organisation has overhauled our approach to contribution management and this has the potential to change the way we view work.
Listening to SPoS yesterday, Mitch Joel made the point that we sometimes talk about work/life balance, but I think sometimes that creates an unhelpful wedge, segregating our lives more black and white than is needed. If we enjoy work more, I'm not suggesting we'll do it to the detriment of our family/friends/hobbies or other aspects of live, but we won't feel the same desire to "get to the end of the week" and "just make it to Friday". Surely that's just wishing our lives away, right?
So, have a read of what Chris had to say and see what you think. Leave a comment, if you like!
Monday, 10 August 2009
babyB's first drawing. from creche at KC yesterday. *sigh*, the infancy of genius ;-P
It's not a sign of child prestigiousness, nor of latent genius, but simply that she can hold a crayon or too and have a bit of fun with it.
...that said, I love the use of tone to fully capture the artistic nuance of subtlety...
Friday, 7 August 2009
2030 - the future is, erm, not made yet thanks.
Thursday, 6 August 2009
A newsletter from our friendly, neighbourhood airport
I got home from work to find the second edition of "Airport", the newsletter from BAA Edinburgh.
We live 6 miles from the airport and only rarely hear the sound of planes overhead, so I find it a little odd that we get the *publication* (propoganda rag, or it that a bit harsh). Interestingly, along side all the tales of great strides to cut down nuisance noises and exciting new developments, the newsletter is full of people stories.
I think that's probably why I read it. It's basically a PR exercise. D'you think that in the past may have been a standard letter saying how great things were and to get in touch with any concerns etc, but now they've put faces to it, things are more human - more real - so we'll take notice. Seems that I did.
I like that they are reaching out to their neighbours (not that 6 miles isn't a bit of a wide net) and I like that they're using real people to make it *interesting*.
Here's hoping the next phase is a facebook fan page and a real-time flight arrivals twitter feed. If they need help with that, let me know!
wise words or wibble?
NT Wright on Blogging/Social Media from Bill Kinnon on Vimeo.
What do you think? Too simplistic or have you got another view?