PwC and the Academy Awards. I’m delighted to see that my old employer PwC has been retained by the Academy Awards. PwC’s competitors will undoubtedly have been knocking down doors of the relevant people since the Oscars night. Looking to be the firm to replace PwC. It was a moment of inadvertent adversity that undoubtedly […]
It wasn’t a case of not passing my first set of professional exams. I failed them comprehensively. The outcome came as no surprise. I did not actively work toward a vision or overarching goal while studying. While I studied content, but I did not prepare for how to apply the content to answer questions well. I was too often unmotivated at the desk. By […]
To ring in the New Year, allow me to bring you Inspo’s Soundtrack from 2016: A Year of Growth: a musical round-up to the key takeaways from Inspo’s 2016 to take into 2017. * You’ve got the words to change a nation, but you’re biting your tongue. Emile Sande-Read All About It. When people spoke […]
Instant Gratification Society: We are moving toward a technology-enabled ‘instant gratification’ society. In fact, we probably are already there. Want the latest news? Sign-up for updates and you have it as soon as it breaks. Did someone say food? A few handy clicks and you have a pizza on its way in minutes. Looking for […]
What a weekend for Irish rugby. Beating New Zealand, back-to-back World Champions, for the first time. They gave us an amazing spectacle before the game. As the New Zealand team performed their famous pre-match haka (a traditional war dance of the Maori people), the Ireland team lined up to face them in a figure of […]
I want to put forward to you a case for a connected career. Allow me to first offer a definition for the term, a connected career. Then I am going to share three reasons in support of its pursuit. So let’s start with the definition. For me, it’s really important to explain the term as […]
A former colleague had a bone to pick with me recently. He’s enjoying the blog posts but commented on the frequent theme of positivity. His point is that, while positive messages are welcome, they can be hard to read if you’re in the middle of a bad day. So he’s challenged me to write about […]
I was crossing a busy street in Dublin’s city centre recently. I stepped out to cross behind a double-parked van. Thinking better of it, I retreated and found a pedestrian crossing nearby. I recently noticed a remake of an add that informed me as a kid on pedestrian safety. Anyone else remember the ‘Safe Cross […]
I spent last Thursday and Friday at Inspirefest in Dublin. The conference is a celebration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Music (a.k.a. ‘STEAM’). It’s also a promoter of inclusion and diversity. The two days brought speakers from all over the world to tell their stories. There were some recurring themes. Firstly, all of the […]
Career decisions can be exciting, excruciating, daunting and daring. I know that now. With that in mind, I’m going to focus the upcoming blogs on establishing the foundations to enable good career choices in the midst of those emotions. This post is about accumulating the necessary self-knowledge to weigh up career decisions. I’ve learned that […]