>I am a massive fan of podcasts, whether it be history, business, economics or politics. Podcasts are my radio - sorry BBC Radio 4. Podcasts are all the rage these days. It seems every man and his dog have started a podcast and most do not make it...

A Homeworking Fable The argument around homeworking reminds me of a fable that gets shared around workplaces and sales teams. It involves an unnamed pharmaceutical sales team that are paid their salary and bonuses based on hitting a weekly target. Th...

Working from home has become a dream come true for many people. More time with the family, more time for hobbies, exercise and the things that matter in life. For many the pandemic has been a revelation, however, for me it was business as usual as a...

Fighting loneliness as a home worker – some tips from my seven years as a homeworker Loneliness is just “THE WORST”. As someone who has worked from home for a long time now, I must tell you sometimes I struggled with loneliness. Being lonely is becom...

IntroductionThe S-Curve Model of technological innovation was developed by Richard Foster of McKinsey Consultants. The model describes the progress of technological improvements via innovation along an S-Curve. The S-Curve has been used in science, m...

Working from Home offers a unique blend of flexibility, convenience, and the opportunity to maintain a harmonious work-life balance. But what truly makes a good work-from-home job?  Like office-based jobs, with home-working jobs, there can be great j...

The recent announcement by Amazon to return to the office has been held as many as the end of the work-from-home era. Forbes called the Return-to-office a “warning for the future of work” . Personally, my hot take (I hate that phrase) is that Amazon...

In the great chessboard of work, the home working Rook has moved centre stage. Leaving the King of the Cubical office and the Queen of the hip tech with their noses out of joining. The question at hand is a puzzling one: does the rise of home working...

Introduction Understanding the Data Cycle will help you improve the work you do and the projects you undertake. The Data Cycle can help home workers to improve their working efforts, by giving them a framework to judge their key performance indicator...

As I am someone of a particular age, the dead high streets and half-empty shopping malls of the UK are a sad and depressing sight when you look back and remember what their former selves looked like. Growing up in a town like Basingstoke, the town ce...