The Conference season is upon us, and so the launch of ideas for manifestos rain down upon...
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Back to blogWho was Margaret Horn? Yep, just another modest woman quietly getting on with it…
Every year on 15 November, we hold our Margaret Horn Lecture to celebrate Social Enterprise Day. This...
Don’t look at me, look at my hands.
Job descriptions for leaders and managers always stipulate a need to communicate. And as a CEO, I...
Get off the diet kicks and learn to eat, serve and advise on nutritionally sound food.
Admit it, you're either going on a diet, thinking about a diet or have just given up...
A LEYF approach to Men in Childcare: not quite as quick as saying Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Not so long ago, David Stevens, Manager of the Angel Nursery, which for a while had 4...
Olympic legacy should begin with the Early Years and leave politics on the side-lines
I must admit that I was slightly worried about the Olympics. Not quite a naysayer but wary...
Parent engagement: research tells us to avoid being a shrinking violet.
At the recent summer NDNA conference, Professor Kathy Sylva revealed the findings of a research on parental...
Camp beds, James Bond and Pandemonium: the Olympics have arrived.
I was going to blog about babies and business which hit the headlines last week - namely...
The Angels’ Share: a film that turns whiskey into a political metaphor. Drink Up!
When the weather is raining and grey, I often like to go to see a film in...
Having a customer conversation with Tesco
The influence of the modern supermarket on our daily lives is remarkably powerful. We take the big...
The price of leadership: sharing a couch with Robert de Niro
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Getting comfy in Noah's Ark[/caption] The other morning, I watched The Record ,...
Diamond in the rough: a tale of banks, culture and high performance
Well the bankers are in trouble again. Is it a case of money corrupts? Poor Bob Diamond...