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The UK government is tackling a £400bn productivity gap with new AI skills frameworks. But the data shows a different story: people aren't searching for "how to train my team." They are searching for "AI detectors" and "free tools." We have a trust problem, not just a skills problem.

🎉🌍 Happy Sustainable Entrepreneurship Day! 🌱✨ Today, let’s celebrate the innovators turning dreams into eco-friendly realities. Embrace the tradition of sharing stories of impact and success while enjoying delicious local treats! Here’s to creating a greener, brighter future together.

🚫 Are traditional coaching measures failing us? Satisfaction surveys indicate enjoyment, but when it comes to true progress, they're insufficient. Feedback comes too late, and linking coaching to business outcomes often feels unrealistic. The real challenge? Tracking behavioral change in real-time!

The World Economic Forum identified "motivation and self-awareness" as the fifth most critical skill for 2025.

Not productivity.
Not hustle.
The ability to honestly assess what isn't working.

#FutureSkills #EmotionalIntelligence #SkillDevelopment #CareerGrowth

​​​I wrote for free for 365 days. Now I ghostwrite for a premier agency.

I didn't just write anything. I treated every free post like a client deliverable.
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​Treat your free work like expensive work, and eventually, it will be.

✨ This week, showcase a key skill that's hard to automate and vital to your team's success! 💪 Instead of waiting for reviews, take the initiative to demonstrate your unique capability to someone influential. 🌟 Visibility is key in making sure your valuable work gets recognized! #CareerGrowth

🎉🌍 Happy International Day of Veterinary Medicine! 🐾 Today we celebrate the heroes who dedicate their lives to our furry friends. 💖🐶 From caring for the tiniest kittens to the mightiest horses. 🎊 Let's honor their commitment to animal health & welfare! #VetDay2023 #AnimalHeroes

🤔 It’s time to shift the narrative! The real issue isn't dishonesty, but our fear of admitting failure. Let’s ditch polished stories & embrace raw data instead. AI can help us reflect honestly, offering insights for real growth. Let’s celebrate both successes & failures!
#Vulnerability #AIInsights

Identity is sticky. Utility is not. We hold onto tasks long past their expiration date because walking away feels like betraying a version of ourselves we aren't ready to release.

What tasks have you held onto that no longer serve you?

#Identity #EmotionalIntelligence #SelfReflection

Your employer's job is to optimize the organization. Your job is to optimize your position. If you confuse the two, you aren't being loyal, you're being exposed.

Genuine optionality isn't about having a perfect escape plan or quitting tomorrow. It's about reaching a point where staying in your current role becomes a choice, not a necessity.

Here’s what organizations don't say out loud: They need you to be resilient to them, not resilient from them. They are investing in your ability to absorb their choices, not your ability to make your own.

Here’s what I’ve realized after running development programs for two decades: when companies invest in your resilience, they’re not investing in your ability to make choices. They’re investing in your ability to absorb their choices.

#careers #resilience

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When everything feels unstable and the ground keeps shifting, that is exactly when you need to know what you are actually holding onto. Not the job title or the org chart position. Those are sand. I am talking about the stuff that makes work human.

#careers

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Christmas in my home city of Sheffield

#sheffield #christmas #fairground #market #photography

As 2025 comes to an end and we all digest our Spotify Wrapped here's a way to look back on your career's highlights from the last 12 months.
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We Could Use AI to Make Everyone a Genius. Instead, We're Making Crappy Chatbots.
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