Archive for July, 2009

An upside down ‘h’

“Why is that ‘h’ upside down?” asked my son a couple of mornings ago. It was first thing in the morning, and he’d come into our bedroom. Now he was perched on my wife’s side of the bed, and was holding her digital alarm clock. I smiled. I couldn’t see what he was pointing at, [...]

The polymaths

I’ve just had another of those moments where something comes into sharp focus and puts a new perspective on my life. This one surrounds work. I’ve been in the world of work  for the best part of fifteen years now, and over that time I’ve observed that many of my peers appear to be polymaths. [...]