Mike Harrison
Pensions, Higher Education, medieval history, running, diversity, climate change, grade 3 piano (2024). Partner @ Mercer. Actuary (both sides of the Atlantic 🇬🇧🇨🇦). Views my own.
- Isn’t the term “manflu” sexiest which itself perpetuates this nonsense myth re behaviour? If we said “womenflu” I don’t think that would be acceptable. So why is “manflu” OK?
- Interesting stuff on USS - the Higher Education sector’s behemoth pension scheme. Thanks to @henrytapper.bsky.social for collating and sharing.
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- I also practise my Northern accent in the bath (pronounced with a flat "a" of course...) #LeedsLeads
- Fabulous writing as always from Bagehot @economist.com. “ ‘Keir… thinks he’s driving the train, but we’ve sat him at the front of the dlr,’ a driverless train in east London, which has a pretend control panel for the enjoyment of toddlers. Somehow the Starmer train has still crashed.”
- Whole column here if you like reading column www.economist.com/britain/2026...
- Doff your hats….
- "Where's the white ball going?" RIP JV. 😢
- It’s not quite the image of a socialist utopia I hoped for back in 1997…
- “I’m in a leadership role…” Way to be a role model, Tom!
- Easy street Fridays for the WFH generation…
