by Gill Booles | May 7, 2018 | Articles, Blog
What AI and machine learning mostly need is an image makeover. I’d like to set something straight. Writing about AI and machine learning does not always involve robots. Sometimes it does, like CHIRON, a pioneering ‘care-in-the-home’ system which in the future may help...
by Gill Booles | Nov 27, 2016 | Blog, Proofreading
Skimping on the services of a professional proofreader is a false economy. Recently a friend opened a takeaway business and came by to hand out menus, fresh from the printers. There was an awkward silence. Finally, someone spoke. ‘Where’s Lona Street?’ Our friend...
by Gill Booles | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog, Project management
Suppose you’ve been asked to pull together this year’s Annual Report. You quite like the idea. It gets you valuable time with the Chief Executive, exposure to the heads of each business function and licence to enquire about opportunities for career progression. You...
by Gill Booles | Mar 21, 2016 | Blog, Communication
Every actor has been scouted by a football club. The number of lads who nearly signed as a professional footballer before retraining as a performer is perhaps surprising. In the ‘50s, Sean Connery was reported to have been scouted for Celtic. Actually, he was offered...
by Gill Booles | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog, social media
Social media is about building networks and it works best when a single person or handful of people take charge. But it takes time. Whether or not you choose to get involved you can’t afford to ignore it – the genie is already out of the bottle. You need to be...
