by Gabriele Albarosa | Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Better hurry writing this post… with many COVID-19 restrictions imminently lifted, we’ll soon forget about lockdown. Tossed into socially distanced twilight zones, we suddenly had to fill – between four walls and the local park – those chunks...
by Gabriele Albarosa | Jun 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
An “expert” is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. This quote from Niels Bohr (Nobel prize for physics in 1922) suggests a central role for mistakes in scientific discovery. Still, publicly sharing mistakes is kind of...
by Gabriele Albarosa | Jun 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Over the last couple weeks, Krescendo duly carried out the recommended COVID-19 risk assessment, in preparation for the gradual resumption of office life. I don’t know about you but audits and risk assessments arouse conflicting emotions in me: initially, a...
by Gabriele Albarosa | May 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Whilst home staying alert, most of us did pile on the pounds over the last few weeks. Something else, however, happened: we got creative to stay sane, to keep in touch, to get on with our work or invent new ways of making a living. As the barriers of socialisation...
by Gabriele Albarosa | May 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last Sunday, the UK Government announced a 5-level alert system and tweaked its messaging from “stay at home” to “stay alert”, issuing updated guidance. In a nutshell, no change for service sector employees who can work from home. It’s clear that until a cure,...
by Gabriele Albarosa | May 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Surprise, surprise… sitting at your desk for too long is bad (here is what the UK National Health Service says about it). After a busy week of Rapid Application Delivery for a prospective client, a couple of days ago I was v-introduced to Val Benfield (Fitness...
