Business in the time of Corona/recession: learnings from my first 6 months of Shiageto that might help Don’t try this at home kids This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in April 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! Do you know the tale from Greek mythology about Sisyphus? A […]

Pop-up food stalls are great businesses that add to the community (although what a pain to have to take down your stall every day only to reassemble it the next) I’ve recently moved home to a new neighbourhood and one of the exciting things I have discovered in my exploration of the local area is a […]

This isn’t me but what a haunting look This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in January 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! A new year is often a pivotal time to think about your life and your happiness. In fact it doesn’t just have to be a […]

Anyone need a newspaper from 2019? Where do you sit on the minimalist vs hoarding spectrum? I am firmly a person who holds onto items and takes the philosophy of “if it still has some utility, then why throw it out?” [my siblings may tell you that is because I’m a cheapskate but don’t listen to […]

The source of so much pleasure and pain The title of this week’s blog could easily be “How life is just a series of challenges for you to overcome”. As you can work out from the title, I’ve had a deeply frustrating week being completely disconnected from all forms of the internet. Yep, you read that […]

That reminds me, it’s time for my monthly manicure This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in September 2019 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! Why have I written this follow up article on EQ? In my previous article I tried to articulate what EQ was and why it was […]

How your approach to food when you go travelling may indicate whether you would be a perfect employee for Google Go on, load your plate high. Who doesn’t love an Ethiopian buffet? A while back*, Google wanted to determine what one question (and only one question) they could ask in an interview that would be the […]

What do you do when you bump into a former acquaintance? Are you a warm greeter, a civil chatter or an avoider? Ready or not, here I come… This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in February 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! It happens to us all; on […]

Want to know the truth about flat hunting in the current London market? It absorbs incredible amounts of FQ and EQ The face of a man who has just completed 35km on a Santander bicycle looking for flats Undoubtedly one of the biggest events to happen to me, my life and my business in the last 2 […]

Is this conversation going well I wonder? This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in September 2019 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! I’m sure there is a formal definition of EQ somewhere out there on the internet or in the vast chamber of some renowned centre of academia […]