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It was my daughter’s first day in her new job today. She quickly noticed that there were fish all over the place and eventually had to ask what was going on. Her new employer uses the FISH! philosophy in their personal development. If you have never heard of it it is based on what happens […]

A very good friend of mine Louise Scott is planning another expedition in Greenland in a few weeks. Cameron Consulting was a very proud sponsor of her  expedition to cross the Greenland Icecap in 2005.  Her day job is as Managing Director of Tidalfire Ltd in Edinburgh. What makes travel to a inhospitable freezing cold environment […]

When I have been telling the story of my firefighter training at the weekend so many people have asked me this question. The answer - well no I wasn’t. I did have a couple of heart pumping moments with adrenalin rushing but I was not scared. I expect this was because of the excellent preparation […]

My son has just shown me how to fold a t-shirt in 10 seconds. He is supposed to be doing work on a University project and how this fits with that I do not know.
I suspect he thinks that the deadline for his work is too far away to be really concerned at this stage. I […]

Few of us make decisions on a daily basis at work ( or anywhere else for that matter) which could have life threatening consequences. Part of the teamwork for firefighters is to regularly check with your team mates - buddy checks on kit, checking that they are OK in the heat, working together in complete and total darkness. […]

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