The road to recovery from painful experiences can be very long and difficult.  Last Friday I visited a colleague who has been on long term leave looking after her husband who died of cancer recently.  I really don’t know how I’d go losing someone so close to me, caring for them for many months and…

My experience in NSW Court last Friday (as a key witness / participant) made me think back to my time earlier in the year as a jury member in a Melbourne Criminal proceeding and the entire justice system. For background I was called up for a criminal court proceeding which I had postponed from the April…

Well last week the organisation I work for (accidentally) released the new returns I was project leading early (by about 1 week). Now the hard part, dealing with the public and any issues they have (or our staff).   The returns themselves are radically different and introduce a lot of new concepts and rules and instructions.…

Since February I began working as a Director, a position I just finished last week.    It was an interesting 3 months, I had to deal with a health issue effecting staff that meant the workforce had to be changed from full time to part time (with shifts).   Hard to tell people that they…