‘we’ve found that prolonged disengagement has a bigger impact on you & your whole life than almost anything else. In fact, when we ask people how they feel about their jobs, if they say they hate their jobs, they invariably tell us they hate their lives.’ on.ft.com/3WvQfh9

Are you a ‘vibe lifter’ - Is ‘personality’ a good enough reason to hire someone or even vote for them ?

how big a factor should personality be in hiring decisions? Can we put a value on being a good colleague?
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A meaningful body of work with many helpful recommendations for when the committee next meets. Greg Clark has been a significant and impactful Chair helped by engaged high quality committee members.

‘infowars arms race will escalate so quickly, only about 15 nations can afford to take part..for those able to pay there’s no option to back down’

“AI capabilities have become one of the most important.. national initiatives globally” on.ft.com/4edmMyX

So I just don’t get the determination to put people off going to university. This is especially frustrating when it is driven by people who have degrees ( Gillian Keegan has two). Generally it is other people’s kids they don’t want to go.

Finally Rishi Sunak keeps saying he is fed up of people talking down Britain. Well I am fed up of people talking down universities- which are one of the things the UK can be genuinely proud of.

The Gtr Birmingham & Solihull Institute of Technology is an amazing place: make sure that you have a look at what it can offer you and your family. It’s backed by Uni of Birmingham Aston University University College Birmingham BMet @southandcitycol & Solihull College & University Centre

Appraisal day today. I have been lucky to have had superb medical appraisers but still have the sense that the structure of the medical appraisal inhibits a good unstructured chat about how things are going. Maybe we could alternate - structured/ unstructured one year to another.

I hear about how data centers can be used for district heating all the time, so surprised to learn that this is Google's first ever such project -- providing heating for 2,000 people in Finland.

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