Author: Phil Adderley
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The Journeyman
For many years, I would watch people leave one job for another, only to see them do exactly the same thing a few years later. New organisation. New role. New opportunity. Then, a few years down the line, they were off again. And the cycle continued. There is nothing inherently wrong with moving jobs. In…
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Am I becoming irrelevant?
It’s a question that can creep into your head when you’ve been in manufacturing for 20+ years. And usually, it doesn’t appear when everything is going well. It appears when you feel under threat. A new generation is coming through. AI is changing how work gets done. Automation is accelerating. Digitalisation is changing the skills…
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Clean Break: You’re Not Stuck. You’re Circling.
Lots of people are perfectly happy circling in the same holding pattern. We have all seen it; Same role. Same responsibilities. Same problems. Same conversations. Same Monday morning routine. And there’s nothing inherently wrong with that. If you’re happy with where you are, why would you change it? But what happens when you aren’t happy?…
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Are You Escaping, or Are You Evolving?
It’s been a long, hot summer. And there’s still plenty of it left. But keeping focused on work has been harder than usual. The day job has quite rightly taken priority, and as a result, I’ve been much quieter on LinkedIn and Instagram over the last couple of months. And you know what? I think…
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The Quarter That Quietly Disappears
We are now almost halfway through Q3. And there is something about Q3 that makes it different from the other quarters. It can quietly drift away before you realise it. Not because people aren’t working hard. Not because they don’t care. And certainly not because the business suddenly stops being important. It happens because life…
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The Elephant in the Room
I’ve been a little quieter on LinkedIn recently. Sometimes that’s exactly what leadership demands. When time is limited, you can’t give everything equal attention. You have to decide what matters most, and for the last six weeks, my focus has been firmly on the day job. Our business has ambitious growth plans. Like many organisations,…
