My name is Jonathan. You don’t know me. Nobody does. My shtick is very old and was arguably never interesting or worthy of people’s attention in the first place. In that way I share something in common with your colleague and fellow Committee member, John Coates, about whom I’m writing to you today.
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Dear ABC, This email started its life, many years ago, as the transcribed harrumphing of a Baby Boomer (in the…
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When I asked at the start of this article have you ever been mystery shopped, there was only one possible answer you could have given – “I don’t know”.
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The story of Eve: thank goodness for warm generosity in the cold world of work
I’ve been writing this blog for six and a half years. Over that time, I hope it’s become clear that…
Read MoreThere are bad bosses, there are decent bosses and there are good bosses. But only great bosses do the following:
Read MoreIs Mondayitis an actual, serious psychophysiological illness or just a throwaway malady akin to man flu and hose buttock? To find out, I asked former GP and practising psychologist Dr Egan Patiens.
Read MoreI’m generationally awry.
I have the Birth Certificate, digital literacy and firm buttocks of a Generation Y, but the basic grammatical skills, suspicion of young people, latent revolutionary zeal and ever-present fear of imminent apocalypse of a Baby Boomer.
Read More[My daughter and I] start throwing Duplo bricks at Mum’s creepy bald doll, which is slumped in the corner of the room like a drunk auntie at a party she wasn’t invited to…
Read MoreSome people ask me while I’m signing autographs or they’re basking in the fresh-baked-bread warmth of my celebrity, “Jonathan, have…
Read MoreThere’s an acronym doing the rounds on the interconnected network of digitised information at the moment. You might be familiar…
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