Recent Blogs.- WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? July 13, 2020In the midst of this quirky summer the answer is they’re in our garden. What started as a way of consoling ourselves in lockdown became a thing of overplanting just to see what happened. The mallow, campion, scabious, cosmos, salvia, lavender and penstemon are all jostling for position in our flower beds and getting taller […]
- NUDGE, NUDGE..... July 6, 2020“Nudge Theory” popularised by Thalers, Sunstein and Halpern in 2008 became very popular. David Cameron, Barack Obama, the World Bank, UN and the EU were supporters. It showed how suggestions rather than instructions and positive reinforcement could change behaviour more effectively than more doctrinaire methods. In behavioural economics it was the go-to philosophy.I liked it. […]
- TIME TO CHALLENGE ALMOST EVERYTHING June 29, 2020Last week I advised people how to restart their lives. I think it hit the mark although it had a sense of “pull yourself together” about it. Sorry. We live under a mile from the sea and have been there once in 14 weeks. I’ve not lost my spirit of enterprise but the risks involved in […]
- YOU'VE GOT TO SELF-START NOW NOT HOPE FOR THE BEST June 22, 2020As things get back to that normal people talk, and have been dreaming about they’ll be shocked to find their business is going or has gone bust or if they’re in employment that they’ve been made redundant. It’s nice to have a pint again, even if it’s in the street in the drizzle. But with […]
- PUSSY CAT, PUSSY CAT WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? June 15, 2020In our garden. On our plants. That’s where. Constantly. Last Thursday on my thriving Pulmonaria - all over its glorious leaves. A spectacularly loose bowel movement. Until recently I have never been ailurophobic (fear and loathing of cats). In my life I’ve had a total of 13 cats the most outstanding of which was a […]
- WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? July 13, 2020