The Survey Guy

Overnight, your people work in different ways & you need different ways to communicate. There will come a point where you need to engage your (remote, re-tasked) people to find out how it's going. If that's a bit daunting, give me a shout I'll offer all the advice that I can.

@ThatsSoVillage Number 4 came out in a Harry Potter t-shirt. Hit 40* and won the game.

What’s the most village thing that happened in your match at the weekend?

@flintoff11 My son loves cricket, but suffers from anxiety, misophonia and is likely nuerodiverse. Apart from sport, yours is the *only* TV programme he can watch with other people. It is so powerful for him to see people a lot like him talking about their experiences. Thank you.

Thanks for watching #fieldofdreams

@AlexHartley93 Hi Alex - I'm not verfied, so can't DM you, but have a beaut of an example of the barriers that female cricketers still face. Can you follow me so that I can share?

@thatmarkgilroy It won't surprise anyone to hear they get treated better than their staff. MPs get about 4 months' salary + a separate payment to wind up other business. Their staff are simpy made redundant.

@ThatsSoVillage I can cope with dropping my one chance in the field. I can cope with top-edging my first ball to mid-on. Can't cope with the scorer giving my 2 tidy overs to someone else.

What’s the most village thing that happened in your match at the weekend? 🏏

@Alex60082631 @ThatsSoVillage How was that dealt with?

@ThatsSoVillage Mankad attempt in an Under 10 match

@iancurwen @totalcurtis If I've only got time for one I'd probably make it the Briton's Protection.

If I only had time to visit one Manchester pub before a trip to Cloudwater then the James gig, where would you recommend @totalcurtis? In Peveril now.

@DarbyAndrew "Very knowledgable crowd"

Strong hatred for Crucible audiences who applaud when someone goes ahead on snookers. Performative basic arithmetic, well done.

As opposed to the current common-sense system of shopkeepers having to assess if someone is 17 or 18.

@Davethewave @jamesswift You can't become an employer of choice by telling people you are, you have to prove you are. The ultimate Employer Branding campaign is to promote your positives, while acknowledging and improving the negatives that you can change.

@jamesswift Fair point, I suppose the answer is in the objective in the first place. Lets start with - the objective is to become the 'Employer of choice' ... My query is, what long term difference do most employer branding campaigns make?

A bit controversial, but... Employer Branding campaigns are a myth and largely a waste of time... Agree or no?

A cursory glance at their timelines shows that they're cunts in pretty much every conceivable way. Transphobes, racists, Manchester United fans, we've got the lot

Here's your semi-regular reminder that having a strong opinion about Meghan Markle is a sure sign of being a fucking lunatic

@sharonodea It doesn't seem to harm tourism to the US too much... but I guess people don't travel to the US in the same way.

Queuing at Eurostar passport control in Amsterdam, where every single person with a non-UK passport is being grilled about their intentions in travelling to the UK. What a welcome to Britain that is.

@DarbyAndrew I'm rooting for the replay.

Decent game this, needs a goal. An Arsenal goal.

Enjoyed that #SPOTY2023 turned into one protracted dig at Phil Neville.

I makes loads of sense, but snooker in short sleeves feels wrong.

I like how pics 5 and 12 are the same, in case they needed to remind you.

@JonnyGoodacre @ZaltzCricket @ThriplowCC ... thinking up something encouraging, but essentially meaningless to say... whiles away the hours!

@ZaltzCricket Well the team I occasionally play for @ThriplowCC (3rd team) always seems to elect to field, meaning hours of crawling around in a hedge looking for the ball, pointless clapping, hoping an easy catch doesn't come my way and wondering what's for tea. I love it!

Also, whilst I'm grumbling about weird cricketing conventions... no team "elects to field". No captain thinks: "I want to get my fielders into the game early on. It looks a good outfield for fielding."

@jezpetty Cricket World Cup is scheduled to finish mid 2025, I think

How is the #RWC2023 still in group stages? It started about 6 months ago.

@StuartMaconie There's an Alan Bradley undertakers in Clayton. Ominously, the tram runs right in front.

No northerner of 80s vintage can ever cross a Blackpool tramway without thinking of 'Alan Bradley' with a chill

@cm_charu @AliveWithIdeas Share them with people, and ideally people you don't always share ideas with (or people just likley to agree!)

@AliveWithIdeas How would you suggest successfully doing the test your assumptions ‘ one.

*** Your challenge for this week ***   Make better decisions. Use the WRAP approach   1.      Widen your options  2.      Reality test your assumptions 3.      Attain distance before deciding 4.      Prepare to be wrong by planning for bad outcomes #Planning #DecisionMaking