It’s Friday. But no longer the whoopee day at work. From my conversations with business leaders over the past couple of months, in the new hybrid working week, Friday is almost universally a day for WFH. Trips into central London confirm this. While Mondays and Tuesdays…
Despite enthusiastic new year well-wishing, January can be a grind. Outside it’s mostly grey and damp, the air cold (but raging with Omicron it seems), while inside we face the challenge of executing (or formulating) a coherent plan for the twelve months ahead. Typically, we seek…
The latest COVID variant is tearing through the UK population. Christmas plans are in the balance, again. Will we, should we gather with elderly relatives? Even the experts seem to be leaving this decision until the very last minute. What is less uncertain is the plight…
Yet again the COVID juggernaut is on the move. We are observing scientific analysis of the new Omicron variant in real time. And while we wait for a verdict, governments are piling in with countermeasures, to a mix of support and criticism. This does feel like…
We seem to be back on thin ice again. While the easing of restrictions over the summer undoubtedly buoyed the spirits and unleashed afresh social activity, rumblings in political, health and economic circles suggest an uncertain time ahead. The end of the furlough scheme is unfortunately…
Not long after I posted last month’s blog on the importance of kindness, a public science project on that very subject was launched. The Kindness Test, www.thekindnesstest.org, a collaboration between BBC Radio 4 and the University of Sussex, is an online survey aimed at increasing…
Bigfoot is owned and run by Paul Tredwell. Since 2004 I have been an independent communications consultant, delivering a wide range of projects but with a focus on and passion for relationship optimisation.
