Here’s the question: How do you know that student or trainee is taking in what they are being taught? Notice the phrasing: “are taking in” not “have taken in”. The difference was made clear to me when marking a batch of assignments a while back. Most of the class did fine but one student was […]
Safeguarding data: saving your business’ life
A few years ago I heard this statement: “Before you’ve had a major data loss you wonder what the fuss is. After you’ve had a major data loss you wonder why people are so unconcerned“. And before you ask, yes I was one of the unconcerned. At best I would copy my data to a CD […]
Passwords – One or Many
Passwords A while back I wrote a post on techniques to generate strong but memorable passwords. This clearly struck a chord with a number of you judging by the number of questions it sparked. One of the most commonly asked questions was whether it is better to have a single very strong password and use […]
Passwords – Strong or Memorable?
Passwords In our modern internet connected world we are constantly told that we need to use long complex passwords to keep out the bad people who want to steal our information and money. We are encouraged to use strong passwords, that is ones avoiding everyday words but including upper and lower case letters, numbers and punctuation […]
Key Future Skills for the water idustry
This Post This post is based on an editorial piece I wrote for the Q1 2016 Institute of Water Journal which was focused on current and future skills issues I think that the two most important future skills for the water industry are Measuring the Future and Non-Traditional Recruitment. Surprised? You shouldn’t be. It is […]
A trip down memory lane
The post below is about me racing motorcycles and some of my successes on my FZ750. Calling it one of “My Publications” may be stretching things just a bit, but I don’t care because: Doing it brought back happy memories of beating full 1100cc Superbikes on my little 750 It was chosen for publication by the […]
Skills: a perfect storm?
This Post This post is based on an editorial piece I wrote for the Q4 2015 Institute of Water Journal which was focused on current and future skills issues Weathering the storm? As storms go this is a quiet one, but it has the potential to be as troublesome as any typhoon or hurricane. At […]
SPOC: Students Planning Their Own Careers (Full Article)
This Post This post is based on a paper I presented at INTED2013 (7th International Technology, Education and Development Conference) Introduction In our ever more complex world, as illustrated by the video “Shift Happens“, the idea of careers being planned in some linear manner is increasingly untenable. However individuals still need a way of identifying the […]
SPOC: Students Planning Their Own Careers (Abstract)
This Post This post is based on a paper I presented at INTED2013 (7th International Technology, Education and Development Conference) Abstract In our ever more complex world, as illustrated by the video “Shift Happens“, the idea of careers being planned in some linear manner is increasingly untenable. However individuals still need a way of identifying the […]
Emotional Intelligence: the missing link to superior business performance
This Post This post is based on my article article that was first published in the Engineering UK 2010 Annual Report. At that time I was Head of Research and Performance at Energy and Utility Skills, the Sector Skills Council for the utility sector. The original article can be downloaded here Introduction In our work and home […]