I recently retired from higher education. Although it represented a relatively short period of my overall career, I enjoyed the opportunity to work with young people and help prepare them to go forward into the world with their eyes open—or partially open, at least. I must also say, with all respect to academia, that I… Continue reading Higher Education in the Age of AI: From Knowing to Being Able
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Winning Everything, Losing What Matters
Tiger Woods conquered golf, accumulated wealth and became one of the most recognisable people on Earth. His decline raises an uncomfortable question: what happens when exceptional success begins to feel like exemption from ordinary rules? Tiger Woods has achieved almost everything that sport can offer. He has won 15 major championships and shares the record… Continue reading Winning Everything, Losing What Matters
Too Old for an Interview? The Experience We Choose to Waste
Organisations routinely praise experience, diversity and lifelong contribution. Yet many older applicants with directly relevant backgrounds are rejected without even a conversation. What does that reveal about the way we assess human value? I have recently applied for several positions for which I believed I possessed substantial and directly relevant experience. I was not offered… Continue reading Too Old for an Interview? The Experience We Choose to Waste
Football has a problem. -Protecting Young People from Negative Influence
We live in a world where influence has become increasingly powerful and difficult to recognise. Advertising, political messaging, social media and artificial intelligence can all shape what people believe, fear and value. History has shown that whole populations can gradually accept ideas and behaviours that clearly offend basic morality. This does not usually happen because… Continue reading Football has a problem. -Protecting Young People from Negative Influence
What is it with professional football?
Every week we are bombarded with news of managers being sacked and stories of their inability to control their dressing rooms. Perhaps the most disturbing, are the stories of managers/coaches who insist on playing a specific system, that either doesn’t suit the playing roster or the competition that they are playing in. Worse still, there… Continue reading What is it with professional football?
