The Ironkeel Collection

#252. Shôn Ellerton, September 12, 2024. Being utterly obsessed with dark atmospheric electronica, I present to you some of the geniuses behind it. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/exploring-the-world-of-the-dark-electronica

#251. Shôn Ellerton, August 30, 2024. By following these 8 magic traits, you can be an excellent manager. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/8-magic-traits-of-being-a-good-manager

#250. Shôn Ellerton, August 8, 2024. Call me a sentimental old fool, but why do I regret getting rid of all my old engineering textbooks? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/why-i-regret-getting-rid-of-my-old

#249. Shôn Ellerton, July 29, 2024. Are KPIs and annual performance reviews really effective or are they simply old-fashioned? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/we-do-not-need-kpis-and-annual-performance

#248. Shôn Ellerton, July 27, 2024. Loyalty is dead, and do you know why? Because being disloyal is rewarded! https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/disloyalty-is-rewarded

#247. Shôn Ellerton, July 23, 2024. Too many companies overlook the importance of building and maintaining a quality website and intranet. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/dont-kill-off-the-company-with-a

#246. Shôn Ellerton, July 16, 2024. IT Consultancies are having it tough these days, but here are my 12 top tips to make them better. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/my-12-hot-tips-on-how-to-run-a-successful

#245. Shôn Ellerton, July 7, 2024. Congested cities and dying country towns will be a thing of the past if we get our act together and embrace better flexible working. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/flexible-working-needed-more-than

#244. Shôn Ellerton, June 25, 2024. Back in the glory days of 3G telco during the early 2000s, I remember working with an aggressive senior executive who everyone feared. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/the-most-aggressive-senior-business

#243. Shôn Ellerton, June 12, 2024. I often wonder why we cite God so often in our political sphere and day-to-day lives. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/in-god-we-trust-why-do-we-refer-to

#242. Shôn Ellerton, June 4, 2024. I never dreamed that chess could be so popular with so many young minds during the last few years. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/the-chess-craze-and-when-my-nine

#241. Shôn Ellerton, June 3, 2024. The thought of jumping into a cold lake or into a cold shower may not be initially appealing, but once you get into it, you’re hooked. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/why-am-i-taking-cold-showers

#240. Shôn Ellerton, June 1, 2024. What was I expecting at my first Body Mind and Psychic Expo? Here’s what I discovered. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/i-really-enjoyed-going-to-a-body

#239. Shôn Ellerton, May 29, 2024. Many of us are unnecessarily bombarded with so many sound notifications from all our apps on our smartphones. But it can be controlled. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/stop-being-a-slave-to-your-smartphone

#238. Shôn Ellerton, April 4, 2024. This is a story about a technical guy who created a niche for himself through years of hard work, but somehow, never got promoted. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/how-joe-escaped-from-his-niche-to

#237. Shôn Ellerton, April 3, 2024. I’ve seen so many role briefs which are so complicated, irrelevant, or vague, that it’s hardly surprising that no person can be found for the job. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/a-clear-and-concise-position-description

#236. Shôn Ellerton, April 1, 2024. Finally, the solution to dealing with pesky flies and mosquitoes! https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/ward-off-pesky-flies-with-the-invincible

#235. Shôn Ellerton, March 26, 2024. If everybody had such high standards of mental and physical attributes, getting ahead would be that much more difficult. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/lower-the-bar-to-get-ahead

#234. Shôn Ellerton, March 18, 2024. A fun and quick way to determine your or someone else’s personality through the act of changing a toilet roll. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/how-changing-a-toilet-roll-determines

#233. Shôn Ellerton, March 9, 2024. Never did I realise that I could be threatening someone simply by looking at a name badge. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/how-i-got-nearly-arrested-for-threatening

#232. Shôn Ellerton, March 3, 2024. We’ve got a great suggestion for anyone’s bucket list of places to go for holiday. The little-known Grand Wizard Pool! https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/why-not-spend-your-holiday-at-the

#231. Shôn Ellerton, February 24, 2024. You can be the ultimate workaholic, but if you have poor physical fitness, than your work is going to suffer big time. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/your-physical-fitness-is-more-important

#230. Shôn Ellerton, February 21, 2024. The strange feeling that one could be bending something solid just by thinking about it. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/am-i-really-twisting-solid-metal

#229. Shôn Ellerton, February 16, 2024. Ever since I was a teenager, I had this crazy obsession with climbing mountains but I look back at the power of perseverance, obsession, and failure. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/my-total-obsession-and-perseverance

#228. Shôn Ellerton, February 10, 2024. Just because I’m not jumping around nor screaming my head off like a lunatic, it doesn’t mean I’m not enjoying the performance. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/i-enjoy-the-show-but-dont-expect