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What If?
What if you're not good enough? What if it doesn't work out? What if you can't make it happen? What if..... But ☺️ What if you find people who see your qualities and abilities. What it it does work, and better than you imagined. What if you keep trying and find a...
You can do it!
Strictly Final. Amazing outcome!! My childhood was not the same as my friends. My mum was born in the 1940s and due to a trauma at birth was left profoundly deaf. The world then was very different to people with disabilities. “You're stupid, you're useless….” you can...
Tech for the sake of it
I'm a huge fan of technology. New gadgets come out, I'm always having a nose (much to my wife's dismay - "we don't need it!!"). AI is already involved in many areas of our lives although with varying degrees of success from the end user perspective. Chatgpt is my...
Black Friday!
Black Friday is a good example of the difference between the needs and wants associated with a product. I wanted lots of things - a tablet and a digital notepad for example. But, I didn't need them. My life would be no more productive!!! The tablet just mirrors what...
Get your ducks in a row
Blue sky thinking is up there with ducks in a row as clichés that can inspire as much as irritate. We spend so much time looking down. At the keyboard, phone, the potholes / broken paving stones. When we're looking down we can only see what's just in front of us. The...
Make the time to pull someone up
I am a strong believer in the thought that when you go through challenges in life, no matter how painful or challenging the experience, when you come out the other side, the skills and resilience you gain are invaluable. The opportunity to then help others going...
Time flies
A year ago I was walking along here with a couple of weeks left to run on the notice period in a job that for many reasons was no longer working, wondering what I was going to do next in life. Since then, my business Cortroom Consulting Ltd. has launched, we've helped...
Successful Transformation Strategies
For transformation to be successful there are a few key elements to get sorted. Identify the start. Baseline the current position. Assess what works, what doesn't. What can change, what can't. Find the people. Are they willing and ready to change how they are working...
We make a life from what we give
A quote from the great Winston Churchill. "We make a living from what we get. But we make a life from what we give." When I started Cortroom Consulting Ltd. the very centre of the "purpose" was to find ways to help organisations get to the heart of their problems and...
Look up and forward
Last night's spectacular display is a reminder of what is possible if you look up. We spend so much time looking down. At phones (the irony as I type this is not lost!), at ourselves, at the potential for innovation and optimisation. The sky above is vast. The...