ORGANISING ACADEMY

Back to Lincolnshire again, where the road beneath you is the highest point in the landscape. This time a bit of experience, and a bit more planning, and every visit was a success. Even where the head wanted to turn us away they couldn’t.
For this visit hundreds of letters, scores of posters and dozens of [...]

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Followers of my blog will remember that I have recently put together my project plan and that the first item is mapping.
Mapping is just what it sounds like: a process of understanding the important features of a workplace or situation: how many people work in this office, or warehouse or industry, how many are union [...]

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I had this exact conversation on Sunday:
Ditzy mate: “You work at the TUC: whats going on with the aeroplanes then?”
Me: “Oh its not about the strike anymore. Its about the giant volcanic dust cloud”
Ditzy mate: “What?!”

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At one school we had a very friendly deputy head pop in to ensure that everything was alright. Once she was in, she wasn’t for leaving. In the end we had to have a polite word.

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