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Dec 2, 2020

Why the lifeline of SEISS may bankrupt us next year

At the start of the pandemic, roughly 5 million of us were self-employed. At the start of the pandemic, government made financial support available to business owners (in the form of grants linked to business rates) and employees (in the form of the furlough scheme). Only after what seemed an…

Pandemic

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Pandemic

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Nov 13, 2020

Can I be your (no so) secret Santa this year?

The Christmas season usually entails a lot of traditions and conventions, that this year are thrown into confusion by Covid — and the uncertainty about restrictions we’ll be under as a country, region, town, college, business, and even household, on any given day. I therefore want to try and do…

Secret Santa

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Can I be your (no so) secret Santa this year?
Can I be your (no so) secret Santa this year?
Secret Santa

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Oct 15, 2020

Celebrating #WorldValuesDay — by exposing most values are bull!

Today is World Values Day — and typically I’d be using it as an excuse to (re)share the annual impact reports I publish on myself to encourage people to think about how their values affect how they approach their work. But today, I’ve decided to be a bit different. Today I want to call out the bullsh!t that most organisations espouse when they list their values on their websites and paint them into inspiration posters in hallways and meeting rooms.

Values

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Values

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Oct 5, 2020

When video calls make you feel like a failure before you’ve even begun

2020 has brought in a new age where video calls have become the default norm for meetings. But even before the pandemic and the first full national lock-down in the spring of this year, I had committed to seek to do more meetings remotely through this marvel of technology back…

Video Conferencing

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When video calls make you feel like a failure before you’ve even begun
When video calls make you feel like a failure before you’ve even begun
Video Conferencing

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Sep 14, 2020

an awkward question about how we’re making sense of the pandemic…

As some people may know, I was quite active during the national lock-down earlier this year — supporting a range of colleges, businesses, social enterprise support bodies, and others to consider, plan, and then enact their respective responses to the first wave of the pandemic. And as part of my…

Pandemic

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an awkward question about how we’re making sense of the pandemic…
an awkward question about how we’re making sense of the pandemic…
Pandemic

3 min read


Sep 2, 2020

zoom-ing from our beds

At the start of lock-down, I started do video calls from the toilet, then in my dressing gown, and now from under the duvet — for many people forced to work from home, the space to create a home office anywhere other than their bedroom may be a luxury they don’t enjoy; and whilst doing zoom calls from our beds can be helpful, there’s also a hidden risk in doing it that no-one seems to be talking about…

Bedrooms

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Bedrooms

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Aug 7, 2020

introducing… a pole dancing lion tamer!

As always, it was supposed to be straightforward. But, as always, it’s turned out to be by turns shocking, touching, encouraging, worrying, and more… And no, it’s nothing to do with Covid-19, but my biennial 360 degree feedback, that I introduced 7 years ago as part of the CPD* framework…

Cpd

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introducing… a pole dancing lion tamer!
introducing… a pole dancing lion tamer!
Cpd

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Jul 23, 2020

why do we theorise in isolation from each other?

Over the last few years, there’s been growing encouragement for the charity and social enterprise world to uptake the ‘theory of change’ approach more. For many who approach this model of thinking and presenting how you work for the first time, it appears daunting with a lot of jargon, technical…

Theory Of Change

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why do we theorise in isolation from each other?
why do we theorise in isolation from each other?
Theory Of Change

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Jul 23, 2020

in search of an opening ‘cue’…

As you may know, I have an usual approach to my CPD, part of which is an adapted 360 degree feedback that I try and do every couple of years — and this is the year that it’s due to run again. But don’t worry, dear reader! I’m not asking…

Cpd

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Cpd

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Jun 24, 2020

the Hobo consultant

After 15 years of doing what I do as a sole trader, part of which has included offering mentoring, advice, and coaching to a variety of people in a multitude of roles across different sectors, marketplaces, and types of organisations, I’ve finally taken the plunge… and got myself a business…

Hobo

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Hobo

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adrian ashton

adrian ashton

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freelance supporter of enterprises of all types, in many guises... www.adrianashton.co.uk

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