Ben Clarkson
@btpclarkson.bsky.social
Kentish Yorkshirephile. Blade 🔴⚪. Father. Chief Finance & Operating Officer at Parkinson's UK. Trustee of Contact (for families with disabled children). Runner and bloody cyclist. ND. Opinions mine and many
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Ben Clarkson
@btpclarkson.bsky.social
· Nov 24
How Celebrating Mistakes Creates a Culture of Trust with Ben Clarkson
In many workplaces, mistakes are not tolerated or easily forgotten, leading to environments where employers are feeling pressurised to be perform perfec...
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A few weeks ago I had the joy of featuring on the Happy Manifesto Podcast with @happyhenry.bsky.social and Maureen Egbe. My joyful Sunday reminded me of it, so I thought I'd post it here. Enjoy wherever you get your podcasts or 👇
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Absolutely brilliant match at @lc-lionesses.bsky.social today, with the cherry on top of a 4-2 win being Linari and Goodwin signing balls for the kids... Issy picked my youngest, at her first match, out in the crowd for hers and made a point of coming over. Once a Blade, always a Blade!
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Absolutely brilliant match at @lc-lionesses.bsky.social today, with the cherry on top of a 4-2 win being Linari and Goodwin signing balls for the kids... Issy picked my youngest, at her first match, out in the crowd for hers and made a point of coming over. Once a Blade, always a Blade!
Finally got a fess published! @datakilljoy.bsky.social
I have no idea what my job is. I spend a couple hours a day putting numbers into a database and then generating charts for people. And that's it. No idea what the numbers are or what the charts are for. The rest of the day I just wander around the building or scroll social media.
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Finally got a fess published! @datakilljoy.bsky.social
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On my dog walk I often chat with right wingers. I pretend I am an ex-Reform voter put off by the utter fuck up of our county council. Then they see me as one of their own, don't get defensive and shouty, and start to question their own opinion of Reform. Honey, not vinegar.
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
On my dog walk I often chat with right wingers. I pretend I am an ex-Reform voter put off by the utter fuck up of our county council. Then they see me as one of their own, don't get defensive and shouty, and start to question their own opinion of Reform. Honey, not vinegar.
This is incredible! @lewisgoodall.com surely the finest journalist of his generation and here is further proof.
The secret court that silenced The News Agents...until now www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGK17S7...
The secret court that silenced The News Agents...until now www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGK17S7...
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July 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is incredible! @lewisgoodall.com surely the finest journalist of his generation and here is further proof.
The secret court that silenced The News Agents...until now www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGK17S7...
The secret court that silenced The News Agents...until now www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGK17S7...
I read a job application tonight that stated, "I hereby declare that I have read and understood the job description in full". It's a shame I'm not recruiting for a Town Crier, really.
July 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I read a job application tonight that stated, "I hereby declare that I have read and understood the job description in full". It's a shame I'm not recruiting for a Town Crier, really.
Going to school in Bexleyheath in the mid-late 90s, and being a geek, wasn't fun. But being there today, the bar that was popular with all the Trendies is now a geek shop!
Feels like we won, just like Jarvis Cocker said we would.
Feels like we won, just like Jarvis Cocker said we would.
July 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Going to school in Bexleyheath in the mid-late 90s, and being a geek, wasn't fun. But being there today, the bar that was popular with all the Trendies is now a geek shop!
Feels like we won, just like Jarvis Cocker said we would.
Feels like we won, just like Jarvis Cocker said we would.
Both parts of Leading with Ed Miliband are fascinating, but his passion for the climate agenda shines through in this. A perfect antidote to populists' cynical negativity. So good I had to stop and eat by breakfast by the lake in St. James' Park to keep listening. #NetZero
Part 2 of our @restispoliticsus.bsky.social LEADING with Ed Miliband - life after losing and why he thinks the net zero battle can and must be won alastaircampbell.org/2025/05/136-...
136. Ed Miliband: Farage, Starmer and The Fight for Net Zero (Part 2)
How did Ed Miliband recover from Labour’s 2015 defeat and decide to remain in politics? Can the Energy Secretary win the argument for Net Zero against the likes of Tony Blair and Nigel Farage? Is it p...
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June 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Both parts of Leading with Ed Miliband are fascinating, but his passion for the climate agenda shines through in this. A perfect antidote to populists' cynical negativity. So good I had to stop and eat by breakfast by the lake in St. James' Park to keep listening. #NetZero
Who would be a Sheffield United fan, eh? Officially bad for your health, giving me an abnormal heart rate alert! #BSkyBlades
May 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Who would be a Sheffield United fan, eh? Officially bad for your health, giving me an abnormal heart rate alert! #BSkyBlades
Congratulations to Crystal Palace. A phenomenal performance and result. And most of all, well done to the legend that is Dean Henderson!
DEANO! DEANO! DEANO!
#FACup
#CrystalPalace
DEANO! DEANO! DEANO!
#FACup
#CrystalPalace
May 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Congratulations to Crystal Palace. A phenomenal performance and result. And most of all, well done to the legend that is Dean Henderson!
DEANO! DEANO! DEANO!
#FACup
#CrystalPalace
DEANO! DEANO! DEANO!
#FACup
#CrystalPalace
Very excited to be taking my son to Wembley for the first time next weekend... Hopefully he'll be a lucky charm and see the Blades win their for the first time in 100 years! And what a view! #BSkyBlades #Playoffs
May 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Very excited to be taking my son to Wembley for the first time next weekend... Hopefully he'll be a lucky charm and see the Blades win their for the first time in 100 years! And what a view! #BSkyBlades #Playoffs
I've seen enough. Just give it to Ireland #Eurovision #LaikaParty
May 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I've seen enough. Just give it to Ireland #Eurovision #LaikaParty
This evening's episode of @newsagents.bsky.social is one of their best. Emily Maitlis does a superb job of challenging Rupert Lowe on some of the vile things he's said, against a backdrop of rambling anger from her interviewee. And to finish with Andrew Norfolk's own words was a beautiful touch.
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May 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This evening's episode of @newsagents.bsky.social is one of their best. Emily Maitlis does a superb job of challenging Rupert Lowe on some of the vile things he's said, against a backdrop of rambling anger from her interviewee. And to finish with Andrew Norfolk's own words was a beautiful touch.
Que sera sera, whatever will be will be, we're going to Wembley! #BSkyBlades
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ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a black jacket that says ' south china ' on the front
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May 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Que sera sera, whatever will be will be, we're going to Wembley! #BSkyBlades
Minor heart attack earlier when I saw a car identical to mine, with a registration one letter different (a J instead of an L), and thought someone had stolen it!
May 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Minor heart attack earlier when I saw a car identical to mine, with a registration one letter different (a J instead of an L), and thought someone had stolen it!
There are many great things about @octopus.energy , but my new favourite is discovering all the energy usage data you get with your bill. Very cool.
April 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There are many great things about @octopus.energy , but my new favourite is discovering all the energy usage data you get with your bill. Very cool.
It was a pleasure to join the guys from Mackie Myers on their Topline Talks podcast. Find it here 👇
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CFOO of Parkinson’s UK explains how finance roles in charities help support those on the front line
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April 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It was a pleasure to join the guys from Mackie Myers on their Topline Talks podcast. Find it here 👇
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I know I'm a bit late to the party, but we'll done Canada! And well done to our old friend Mark Carney for showing how to stand up to Trump.
April 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I know I'm a bit late to the party, but we'll done Canada! And well done to our old friend Mark Carney for showing how to stand up to Trump.
My 3 year old just asked if France went flat because it went deaf.
It took a while to work out that she was on about... She'd heard me say Pope Francis is dead.
It took a while to work out that she was on about... She'd heard me say Pope Francis is dead.
April 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
My 3 year old just asked if France went flat because it went deaf.
It took a while to work out that she was on about... She'd heard me say Pope Francis is dead.
It took a while to work out that she was on about... She'd heard me say Pope Francis is dead.
I've been off work for 2 weeks, away for some of it, it's a double bank holiday weekend, and today I've washed the car and I'm cooking a roast...
I have no idea what day it is anymore.
I have no idea what day it is anymore.
April 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I've been off work for 2 weeks, away for some of it, it's a double bank holiday weekend, and today I've washed the car and I'm cooking a roast...
I have no idea what day it is anymore.
I have no idea what day it is anymore.
Hey normal America. Now would be a good time to find the strength to deal with the 🤡 and his sidekicks, and chuck them in jail for market manipulation and insider trading.
April 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Hey normal America. Now would be a good time to find the strength to deal with the 🤡 and his sidekicks, and chuck them in jail for market manipulation and insider trading.
My wife bought some colour-changing light bulbs, set them according to my 3 year old's preference, and I can't change the colour. I'm not complaining. #Pink
April 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My wife bought some colour-changing light bulbs, set them according to my 3 year old's preference, and I can't change the colour. I'm not complaining. #Pink
Just heard an ad for Samsung's latest galaxy watch and its "subscription free health app". Nice subtle dig at Garmin.
April 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Just heard an ad for Samsung's latest galaxy watch and its "subscription free health app". Nice subtle dig at Garmin.
Using my head as a pin hole camera to see the eclipse. Perfectly normal
March 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Using my head as a pin hole camera to see the eclipse. Perfectly normal
Been training for weeks, and battling hard all week to fight off a virus...
... And now there's a risk of my half marathon being called off anyway due to someone making explosives! You couldn't make this stuff up! #ukrunchat
... And now there's a risk of my half marathon being called off anyway due to someone making explosives! You couldn't make this stuff up! #ukrunchat
March 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Been training for weeks, and battling hard all week to fight off a virus...
... And now there's a risk of my half marathon being called off anyway due to someone making explosives! You couldn't make this stuff up! #ukrunchat
... And now there's a risk of my half marathon being called off anyway due to someone making explosives! You couldn't make this stuff up! #ukrunchat
Sheffield is Red and White! A derby double, 8 left to play, level on points at the top, and would be top without that 2 point deduction.
And to think everyone expected a double relegation! Wilder has done a superb job #BSkyBlades
And to think everyone expected a double relegation! Wilder has done a superb job #BSkyBlades
March 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Sheffield is Red and White! A derby double, 8 left to play, level on points at the top, and would be top without that 2 point deduction.
And to think everyone expected a double relegation! Wilder has done a superb job #BSkyBlades
And to think everyone expected a double relegation! Wilder has done a superb job #BSkyBlades