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Philip Whiteley

Philip Whiteley

Left behind, or catching up?

Bad news and celebrities dominate the news. If you challenge a news editor about this, you will likely hear an explanation that selecting…

Aug 9

Aug 9

Philip Whiteley

Cover-up is normal

Cover-up is normal. The excruciating explanations offered last month by Paula Vennells, the former CEO of the UK Post Office, when…

Jun 19

Jun 19

Philip Whiteley

Maria and Lwitiko

There was once a girl, growing up in the west of England in a low-income household, whose father was an agricultural labourer. Let’s call…

Apr 2

Apr 2

Philip Whiteley

Who should lead?

Studying for my History O-Level in 1979 at the age of 16 (you have to be British and above a certain age to know what an ‘O-Level’ was) I…

Mar 19

Mar 19

Philip Whiteley

The pace of progress in business is painfully slow

When I was 18, in 1981, I wrote an essay as part of my application to Cambridge University. The theme was the importance of switching from…

Apr 10, 2023

Apr 10, 2023

Philip Whiteley

British understatement can be deadly

A few months ago a British citizen angrily demanded, in response to a BBC series on black history: ‘Why is there never a White History…

Mar 30, 2022

Mar 30, 2022

Philip Whiteley

On living alone in lockdown

It helps that I live near a prison. When I go for my daily run in the common, I glance up. I am thankful my daily exercise is on this side…

Nov 29, 2020

Nov 29, 2020

Philip Whiteley

UK silences whistleblowers

In late 2019 a doctor tried to alert Chinese authorities to a dangerous new virus, with the potential to become a deadly pandemic. He was…

Sep 3, 2020

Sep 3, 2020

Philip Whiteley

Explaining sarcasm to an AI machine

AI: I’ve learned that the intended meaning of a sentence can be different, even the absolute opposite, of the literal meaning of the words…

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

Philip Whiteley

In defence of difficult books

I write accessible books. The language is clear, the characters quickly identifiable; two of my three published novels follow the arc of a…

Feb 13, 2020

Feb 13, 2020

Philip Whiteley

Philip Whiteley

Author. Non-fiction reminds business that employees are human beings. Fiction has been praised by Louis de Bernieres. I also do journalism & play 5-aside

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