5.10pm At my post, headphones on

I’m moved to write, feeling somewhat inadequate. My scratchings are brought to you from exactly the same alphabet that Paddy McAloon uses. How can that be? Anyone that can write a pop tune that starts,

‘I look around me, and I see
Folks leading more constructive lives than me’

…and, excuse me, go on to tell a story, with a… Pardon…. Who the fork’s Paddy McAloon..? Who said that?

My point is, wait I do have one, that as a Consultant I have a fantastic opportunity, with every new business I go into, to affect the way people go about their work and feel about the rest of their lives. For anyone, employer or (especially) Consultant, to think that work life and home life are not inextricably linked is…a mystery to me. Productivity, absenteeism, loyalty – all these things are better and stronger with clear direction, realistic targets and consistent decisions. Communicate clearly inside and external clarity will communicate itself.

Would it be too pious to suggest we should all try to lead more constructive lives? To do a ‘smash & grab’ with a consequent ‘crash’n’burn’ is at best amoral and at worst fraud!

9.10pm Back at my post, headphones on

They say we all have a book in us. I’d happily settle for a 3 min PaddySpecial.

For a selection of words that just shouldn’t be possible in a pop toon look at www.prefabsprout.net (I beseech you – forgive him ‘King of Rock and Roll’)