I want to talk about doing the right thing. No, this isn't a reference to Spike Lee's film from 1989 'Do the right thing', although 30 years on it is sadly still as relevant as it was then. It looked for answers in the everyday, and demonstrated that the everyday is full of flash-points and …
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The impact of ‘career trauma’ and staying in your lane of ‘positive influence’ – By Bola Abisogun OBE
"If you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else." – [late] Toni Morrison Now that Black History Month has passed, and as we prepare for another ‘official’ celebration in October 2020, I’d like to take this opportunity to contextualise why that …
Celebrating One Year – By Surveyorhood
As we celebrate our first year of posts, we must start with a huge thank you to our many contributors for bringing such a variety of topics and conversation starters. The posts have been very informative and included technical content to broaden our knowledge to personal accounts to allow us to see the world from …
Allyship – By Natasha Stone
It's something that I've noticed on social media with increasing frequency of late. Being an ally is gaining more attention, whether this is to support women, BAME and LGBTQ+ community, or, as time is going on, any of the many other intersectional groups out there. This weekend marks Brighton Pride celebrations, a festival which brings …
Sands of time; the importance of CPD – By Steve Slessor
As surveyors we all work to deadlines, whether that be submissions of notices; applications for payments or tenders we are conditioned to focus on time. But what actually is time? Is time just a river that’s flowing in one direction? First the science bit; as we get older time just seems to ebb away; but …
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