Self reliance

by Katie Ledger on May 17, 2012 · 0 comments

in Meaning, Mindset, work/life blend

interesting post on the gift of the survival dance – that of self reliance

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5.1 million

by Katie Ledger on May 2, 2012 · 0 comments

in Flexible working, Future of work, Mindset, New ways of working, Work, job search, portfolio careers, work/life blend

5.1 million people in the UK. According to Judith Woods from the Telegraph thats how many people are choosing to work part time. After you have read the article – please read some of the comments. It gives you a flavour of how different people see this way of working. Some seem to think you only have to have one PT job or project. Lets think wider. If we can have Big Society surely we can all have Big Minds?

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The power of a portfolio career

27 April 2012

I am consistently surprised and delighted by the range of metaphors that appear from members of our portfolio careers linkedin group. And maybe I am going slightly mad after yet another day of continuous rain in the UK but this fantastic Ted video comes via last week’s TEDxSummit which gathered 700 organizers from 120 countries [...]

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Every Monday Matters – 52 Ways to Make a Difference

9 April 2012

is the title of a fascinating book by Matt Emerzian who has an amazing life story which led him to write the book and then create a US nationwide educational and corporate campaign to get people to feel passionate about something. There is a great article in Fast Company which describes this well. One [...]

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Using the 5 why’s technique for analysing problems

30 March 2012

Eric Ries developed this system for analysing the real cause behind what seems to to be a technical problem. The video is of him explaining this but this technique seemed to me to be too powerful just to analyse technical problems. It works to analyse your career goals, your dreams and ambitions, a relationship issue [...]

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The difference between networking and selling

23 March 2012

I have just spent 2 days at the fantastic Yorkshire Mafia conference at the Royal Armories in Leeds. Over 2000 people, great speakers and forums, 150+ stands and all for free. The experience simply reminded me of the joys and horrors of networking events so it was an apposite coincidence when I saw Andy Lopata’s [...]

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Being awesome

20 March 2012

Great article from comedian Steve Martin on becoming really awesome in your chosen field. Deliberate practice, relentless innovation and a growth mindset – its all here.

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There are no longer jobs out there simply projects

19 March 2012

Katie recently was invited to do a TED talk here in the UK and not surprisingly talked about portfolio careers. She focused especially on a point that we both now emphasise all the time when discussing the future of work and new patterns of careers. Namely, that already it makes less [...]

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Thinking about our hourly wage stops us from smelling the roses

13 March 2012

This is the title of an article summarised in the BPS Research Digest Blogging on Brain and Behaviour.
It could have significant implications for portfolio workers. We are often searching for new work, new clients, new income sources. This research suggests that this could lead to a preoccupation with linking hours to amount of pay. As [...]

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Denigration of part time work continues

8 March 2012

A recent article in the Guardian provokes more discussion about the motivation of people doing part time work and setting up their own small businesses. The author, Melanie Stern, writes a fascinating piece about what she labels ‘odd jobbers’ – of which her mum is one. She gives many good examples of people setting up [...]

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