forecast funnel pipeline

The embers of 2021 brought with them the revelation – direct from Chair, Prof Graham Medley no less –  that the supposed scientists tasked with advising the UK government with how the coronavirus would spread were only interested in the worst-case scenario. What is also remarkable, is how their infection, hospitalisation and

An industrial fixtures and fittings company gained media coverage in England recently from their PR on ‘the perfect job’. Their survey (of 2,000) found the following attributes most idyllic; £44k salary (1½-times the nation’s average wage), 4-day week, 29 days leave (& birthday day off), commute of 16-20mins,

Autumn 2021 saw a fascinating technological improvement gather pace from the world of container shipping. It emerged that serious costs could be slashed through huge ships in effect travelling on a carpet of bubbles. The reduction in friction leading to enormous tanker and liner fuel savings from being easier to

On the clickbait-crammed news site that is the largest currently in the English language, there can hardly be greater teabreak pull than copy by their resident “sexpert”, Tracey Cox. A woman who’s first ever conversation [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4833526/Tracey-Cox-didn-t-one-50s.html] with her husband-to-be featured her

Yikes. That feeling you get when science comes along to ruin your carefully cultivated theory. If life is to exist elsewhere in the universe, the prevailing wisdom is to need water and sit in the habitable orbit neither too far nor too near a sun. Since the first exoplanet beyond

Pegasus appears a military-grade Israeli made app used by nation states to snoop on individual phones. In the news due to a supposed, possibly rogue, fifty-thousand phone hack, harvesting everything each phone user has done. If you are in the small minority (outside of China, whose own hacking outfit, Hafnium

[https://www.metcheck.com/SEASONAL/next_month_forecast.asp] > Rather Cool August That was the headline from longer-range weather forecaster, Metcheck. As seen from their ‘next month [https://www.metcheck.com/SEASONAL/next_month_forecast.asp]‘ page when August 2021 was imminent. Here was the accompanying text to the map

As you may know from previous blogs, I am not a fan of professional forecasters. From those telling us what numbers the economy will run in the near future or the barrage of investment sages online and on rolling telly channels, to the more mundane such as sport punditry and

There’s plenty of tips on focus and prioritisation like this one. Inc [https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/productive-emotional-intelligence-25-5-rule-how-to-achieve-more-focus-avoid-distraction-get-more-done-be-more-productive-warren-buffet.html] Magazine are going through a phase where they like to place the words ’emotional intelligence’ into as many clickbait headings as they can. Still… The general thrust of the 25/

Moon wishing. Oh dear. Get out the crystals. Apparently if you super-want something to happen, then according to ‘Japan’s leading astrologer’, Keiko [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9335975/Top-astrologer-says-wishing-moon-powerful-way-want.html] , all you need do is write it down, visualise it, then ask out loud the moon to make