Monday, December 11, 2023

darkness and light

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Most people who know me (professionally) tend to associate me with stories about wacky props in zoom calls; encouraging people to play with ...
Friday, November 17, 2023

profiting from despair - the unfortunate truth about how social enterprises become successful?

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There's a common narrative that social enterprises step-in where private businesses can't or won't, and when public services are...
Thursday, November 2, 2023

merging not closing - the future of charities?

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Regular readers of my blog will know that I enjoy analysing a good data set - and trying to turn them into simple charts that usually make ...
Thursday, October 19, 2023

Does social value make us more sustainable?

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This is part 2 of a blog chain I started previously, exploring further some of the queries that were put to me following my 'opening pro...
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Is our social value our legacy?

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Earlier this month, I was invited by those nice people at Social Value UK to speak at their annual members conference about the promise and ...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

in praise of the laundrette

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In the past, I've waxed lyrical about how great libraries are . And if you've ever been on any sessions I'd led about getting to...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023

why not being an academic means university students get more benefit from my teaching

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Over the last 25 years or so, I've found myself approached from time to time to speak as a guest / associate lecturer within within vari...