This afternoon started out as a glorious day. Not a cloud in the sky and lots of sunshine.
"We're going on a walk around a country park" announces my wife. "Are we?" I reply. Which of course I needn't have done because the decision had already been made. And why not, it was a lovely day after all.
So on arriving at the aforementioned country park, we met up with lots of other folk who were also going on this pre-organised event. I started chatting to one of the dad's who had also been told he was going on a walk.
As we started strolling, I noticed fairly quickly, that there seemed to be a decreasing level of sunshine, being replaced with dark clouds and a chilly wind. About five minutes into the walk, it started to rain. Then hail. Then thunder and finally lightening. Oh dear.
Nevertheless, with true British grit and determination, we carried on regardless.
Inevitably, the conversation turned to work. "What line of business are you in?" I enquired. "I'm a lift engineer" said the dad. After chatting about what that was like, he asked me the same question. "I run a comms business" I replied. After the usual ten or so minutes of explaining what internal comms is all about, he started regaling me with stories of how the large companies he has worked with in the past treat their workers.
What particularly interested me, is that it seems that no matter what business people work in, the comms situation tends to be largely identical. I had never fully appreciated the size of organisations which specialise in lifts, but they're pretty big. And they have all the same comms issues of any other business. Banks, charities, public sector, private sector, they all tend to have the same challenges.
Anyway, although I got soaked, I rather enjoyed my walk. Learnt something about lifts too.
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