Long Form

About this time last year, I wrote an article entitled “the law of unintended consequences” in which I spoke about how one seemingly positive action can result in a negative outcome. I revisited that subject in May this year with an article called “construction’s lack of consequences”. The same notion was also the inspiration for…Read moreRead more

“This is the worst it will ever be”. It’s an expression used widely to describe nascent technology that has huge future potential and years or even decades of development and improvement ahead. I used the expression myself just yesterday to convey my feelings on Artificial Intelligence as it stands today. The technology behind AI is…Read moreRead more

“If you keep people exhausted and distracted, they won’t organise. If you keep them struggling and divided, they won’t resist. The system isn’t broken, it’s working as designed.” I saw those words posted as a rallying cry to fight back against the increasing authoritarianism of the Trump government. It was posted on the Substack social…Read moreRead more

When I was a child, I loved stickers. I had stickers on my bicycle, stickers on my skateboard, stickers on my schoolbooks. One time, I put stickers on my bedroom wall, only to discover that they pulled off the wallpaper if you tried to remove them. My mother was not impressed. But the stickers I…Read moreRead more

Permit me, if you will, to take you through my “process”. I have an idea, whether that’s for an article, a video, an audio podcast or a new segment for my daily LiveStream. I think about it for a bit and then, assuming I am happy with my idea and if I think my readers,…Read moreRead more

What will it take? What will it take for the UK demolition industry to accept its responsibilities? What will it take for the sector to address the accidents, fatalities and the corruption? What will it take for the industry to quit resting on its laurels and make the positive changes required to be competitive and…Read moreRead more

If you’ve seen any of the Rocky movies, you’ve seen him. The fighter. Not the flashy young contender, bouncing on his toes, unmarked by the scars of battle. No. This one’s been there. In the ring. In the mud. In the dust. In the cold dawns and the long nights. His face carries a reminder…Read moreRead more

Picture this. It’s a regular Tuesday morning. The sun’s barely up, the kettle’s just boiled, and somewhere in this great and glorious industry of ours, something utterly ridiculous and entirely unexpected happens. A demolition boss and a demolition worker swap lives. I’m not talking “trade jobs for a week” in one of those cheesy team-building…Read moreRead more

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. It’s an old joke. Not a great one. But, if you think about it, it’s not really a joke at all. It’s a survival guide disguised as humour. Because when you’re standing in front of something so big, so complex, so completely unmanageable that…Read moreRead more