A recent Twitter conversation with Sarah Burnett (a leading UK public sector analyst) was the trigger for this slightly tongue in cheek blog post. Sarah originally posted the following tweet:
Which is an astounding statistic. Sarah and I then the following short discussion:
So, have we now reached the “Data Event Horizon”?
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Posted by Julian Schwarzenbach
There are many words and phrases which some would consider dangerous. Arguably the two which are most dangerous are the words “I’ll just….” followed by another statement.
Read on for some examples…
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Posted by Julian Schwarzenbach
We recently hosted two US students visiting the UK on the “People to People” programme. Our children’s school plays host to the “Homestay” section of the programme. The US students stay with a UK family with kids of around the same age, go to school with them and generally experience everyday life in the UK.
One of the fascinating thing as a parent is observing how the US and UK kids discover and then overcome their cultural differences. Our school uniform always causes comment, especially the blazer. The US kids get asked to say words like “awesome” and we normally are amused about our garden being called a backyard.
Observing this made me think of the differences I see in culture between teams when I’m facilitating.
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Posted by Ann
