I’ve now run a 5k on four different continents. This pleases me more than it should.

Pleased to have added my thoughts to this piece by Lauren Brown in People Management on the impact of changed flexible working request legislation in the UK. peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/186761… How will this affect your organisation? Spoiler alert - good employers = not at all.

Happy 6th birthday to the youngest of the family, but growing up fast, William!

Pleased to have added my thoughts to Mahalia Mayne 🇯🇲 's piece in People Management on HR role modelling a reduced working week. Watch out for more in-depth research and thinking on this topic coming January 2025 in my next book. #hybridworking #fourdayweek peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/187188…

Pleased to see a great range of articles in the latest issue of People Management - not sure what the collective noun is for D'Souza's though but there were two of them. David D'Souza was of course there but he is now my second favourite D'Souza after the impressively named Tiger.

Pleased to announce that my first book, HR for Hybrid Working, has now been mapped against the CIPD qualification standards & features in the reading lists at Levels 3, 5 & 7. I hope this helps the many students learning about the people profession! koganpage.com/hr-learning-de…

Pleased to have added my thoughts to this piece by Mahalia Mayne 🇯🇲 in People Management on the possible impact of Manchester United’s announcements to their office-based employees. peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/187501…

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

Humbled to be featured by theHRDIRECTOR in their June issue. Truly. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…… #HR #HRCommunity #GlobalHR #FF

Pleased to have added my thoughts to this piece by Mahalia Mayne 🇯🇲 in People Management about the move in Greece to implement six-day working weeks. A step forward, or a step back? peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/187962…

Talking to my 6 year old and he asks about when our house was built. The answer is the mid 1990s but he wanted to know if it was before that person ate that bat and everyone got sick. It was. To him, the initial Covid pandemic is ANCIENT history. 2020. ANCIENT history!

Pleased to have added my thoughts to this piece by Mahalia Mayne 🇯🇲 in People Management on the expansion of the Four Day Week Campaign's pilot, now exploring greater autonomy in choosing working patterns. peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/188078…

Pleased to have added my thoughts to this piece by Isabel Jackson in People Management on the growing trend of “workcations”. peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/188264…

Pleased to have added my thoughts to this piece by Lauren Brown in People Management on some recent research into workplace bullying. Do your employees know what constitutes bullying in the workplace? peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/188320…

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Happy 8th wedding anniversary to my patient and understanding, and sexy, wife Katie . Love you lots.

Pleased to have added my thoughts to this piece by Lauren Brown in People Management on job security proving more important than a pay increase for many. peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/188663…