Ross Jukes – Copywriting, Digital, Social
In Matthew Syed’s 2015 bestseller ‘Black Box Thinking‘, he discusses how airlines widely share their mistakes and findings to prevent future disasters. The NHS, he says, does the opposite. They maintain a closed and defensive culture, due to a highly damaging culture of fear and punishment for mistakes. Outside of these life and death industries, …
It’s a balmy, September evening in Bristol. We leave the bar to get some fresh air, take stock of the night so far, and decide what’s next. Much to my surprise, a non-smoking friend lights up a cigarette, looks sheepishly at me and shrugs; “it’s a social activity…and having a lighter is a conversation starter …
I graduated from Bath Spa University in 2011 with degree in Creative Writing. After getting a 68 in my second year, I decided to have a relaxed final year; safe in the knowledge that I was almost guaranteed a 2:1. Not the most ambitious or forward-thinking move, but a forgivable teenage one. On graduating it took me 8 months …
Aviva’s ‘Generation Regret‘ report makes for some grim reading. It claims that more than a third of UK graduates now regret going to university and almost half feel they could have landed their current job without a university degree. It continues brightly; indicating that 72% of millennial graduates are “relying on a one-off event to help them financially” …