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If you go in for any historic ones, please do the one about the boss who thought he was a Mayan shaman...

The amazing @ajpiano.com is making song versions of Ask a Manager letters

That way the iron doesn't get scale inside it and clog up.

It's recommended for use in ironing!

5 micro-challenges to make your team stronger this week - Work Life by Atlassian Strengthening your team’s performance doesn’t have to mean a complete overhaul of your rituals and tools. A little consistency –...

From @atlassian.bsky.social - "If your team is busy but still feels a little scattered, try this series of five micro-challenges over the course of a week": www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwor...

Have a tea break while you re at it | Lewis Hamilton

...not according to Lewis ;-) www.youtube.com/shorts/V1xJ2...

Or maybe some Ferrari engineers having a tea break... ;-)

#InternationalWomensDay 2026 celebration at Newcastle City Council in full swing! #equality #women

Great to be at the @newcastleuni.bsky.social and @northumbriauni.bsky.social #Climate Forum - here to promote #Fairtrade!

'The SRA Journal: An alternative publication for social researchers'

From @the-sra.org.uk - I started my career as a researcher, and a #LocalGovernment worker it's always interesting to see how people are doing #SocialResearch in the UK: the-sra.org.uk/SRA/SRA/Blog...

A handy tip: How to create an #infographic with the @microsoft.com 365 Microsoft Copilot app: support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/... #dataviz

From the #FarrellCentre Opening Reception last week - looking forward to future events! #regeneration #planning #UrbanForest #GreenSpace

The New Fish Market (Megson) YouTube video by Drums With Everything

Continuing in the extremely-specific genre of 'Folk Songs Protesting the #Regeneration of #NewcastleUponTyne", here's a performance of a song against Richard Grainger's redevelopment plans, written in the 1830s: youtu.be/kY41ZeNgGq0?...

Don’t Underestimate the Value of Professional Friendships Most people try to keep work and friendship in separate boxes, but that division is counterproductive. Professionals now spend more time with colleagues than with anyone else, and strong personal ties...

From Harvard Business Review - certainly some of my most rewarding #friendships have come through #work (hi, Louise Crosby, Sajda Nawaz-Bhatti, Claire Batey and more!): hbr.org/2026/01/dont...

Newcastle announced as one of seven UK 'Kinship Zones' in Government pilot Grandparents, aunts, uncles and family friends who provide kinship care for children will be paid in a Department for Education scheme that could help around 5,000 vulnerable children and their famili...

From @chroniclelive.co.uk - "Grandparents, aunts, uncles and family friends in #Newcastle who step in to provide #KinshipCare for #children are to be paid under a new Government pilot": www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Brain drain: Are Zombie Projects eating your team’s productivity alive? - Work Life by Atlassian Picture the scene: You’ve returned from a wonderful holiday break, invigorated to tackle ambitious projects, and then it hits you....

From @atlassian.bsky.social and @svenpet.bsky.social - beware the zombie #project! "Everyone else knows that they’re never going to find the time or the energy to see it through, but the boss still considers it “active." www.atlassian.com/blog/product... #productivity

17 scripts for difficult conversations at work - Work Life by Atlassian From negotiating a salary to addressing team conflicts, we’ve got you covered.

From @atlassian.bsky.social and @mikedesocio.com - ever had to have a tricky conversation at #work? Here's some help: www.atlassian.com/blog/communi... #workplace #PersonalEffectiveness

Mark T. Rivera: 3 ways to better connect with your coworkers Connecting with the people you work with doesn't just make your team stronger — it's good for you too. Whether you've just joined a new organization or you're managing a remote team, these three tips ...

From Mark Thomas Rivera, Ph.D. - a handy video: "our relationships with our coworkers play a huge role in determining how successful, innovative and happy we'll be at work": www.ted.com/talks/mark_t...

Found this recently, it's a handy resource: www.atlassian.com/blog/communi...

Healthy life expectancy in North East falls over last decade, new figures show A big gap has opened between the North East and better off areas of the country in the number of years people can expect to live in good health

From @chroniclelive.co.uk: "People in the #NorthEast are spending less of their lives in good #health ...with a huge gap opening between the richest areas of the country and the poorest: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e... #NorthSouthDivide

Grant breathes life into Byker hobby rooms A Newcastle-based housing provider is helping to revitalise historic spaces on one of the city’s most iconic estates. Karbon Homes has… | North East | Funding | Culture | Community | Heritage | ...

From @bdailynews.bsky.social - some good news! "Once complete, St Michael’s Mount will become an artist studio, while Spires Lane will offer a new #community space for #Byker residents": bdaily.co.uk/articles/202... #NewcastleUponTyne

Coffee Mornings Are Back: What Should We Cover? TCI Coffee mornings return in February: Thursday 11am sessions led by Fellows. Tell us what topics you'd like us to cover.

From The Consultation Institute (tCI) #Consultation Coffee Mornings Return! If you want to have an online catch-up about all things consultation and #engagement, here's the details. Take a look: www.consultationinstitute.org/coffee-morni...

Hooray! Sending lots of luck!

Mapping the gaps: the geography of local authority financial distress in England

From @insightsnortheast.bsky.social - looking at the perilous state of #LocalGovernment finance "Local authorities in England are facing significant financial challenges ...a collective deficit projected to reach £9.3 billion by 2026–27": insightsnortheast.co.uk/reports-and-... #councils #CouncilTax

I sincerely hope when she wrote "respirator" in reference to diving it was a typo and "regulator" is what was meant. No-one on a respirator should be passed fit to dive... but I think it's just poor proofreading (or her scuba instructor was really bad at teaching the names of the equipment!)

LTN Cases and Changing Consultation Risk in 2025 LTN cases law show the real risk is not imperfect surveys, but how councils handle and evidence consultation responses.

One for all of us doing #consultation work to read: "What has shifted is the level of judicial #scrutiny on how #consultation outputs are managed... whether #data, and impacts on #equality have been properly reflected in final decisions". Link: www.consultationinstitute.org/ltn-cases-co...

‘We’re on a cliff edge’: the struggle to keep youth services alive in Knowsley Despite high needs, the Merseyside borough has more youth work ‘black holes’ than any other local authority in England

From @theguardian.com and @journo-jess.bsky.social - "I compare myself to other lads my age, I think there’s a lot of people doing the wrong things because there’s just not much going on in communities": www.theguardian.com/society/2026... #YouthServices #LocalGovernment #YoungPeople

Kim McGuinness and Andy Burnham demand real living wage pledge for care workers While care workers in both Scotland and Wales earn at least the real living wage, which is £13.45 per hour, the same guarantee does not apply in England

From @ippr.org and @chroniclelive.co.uk - the challenges of funding #SocialCare: "Analysis by IPPR last year found that 400,000 #care workers in England were paid less than a real living wage": www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Building customer experience through employee engagement Former Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz once observed, “If people believe they share values with a company, they will stay… | North East | Retail | Travel | Sport | Hospitality | Event |...

From @bdailynews.bsky.social - the links between #StaffEngagement and customer / community #engagement "It is employees – their attitude, motivation and sense of purpose – who shape the moments that customers remember, return for and recommend": bdaily.co.uk/articles/202...