Comments on: #bowlerhats

By: Delivery by Default - In The Eye Of The Storm

Delivery by Default - In The Eye Of The Storm — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 07:37:42 +0000

[...] then read @pubstrat’s thinking on bowler hats and was drawn to remember another slide deck from around the same time: The road to reform is [...]

By: Alex Schillemore

Alex Schillemore — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:58:15 +0000

Thanks for this blog.

I worked for HMRC and lived through several painful restructures before I left, including the merger of the Inland Revenue with Customs and Excise. Although I now understand the thought behind the use of the hashtag (i.e. this is what we were, we’ll now change those perceptions) it felt like a “joke” hashtag. This should not be the case over what, for a lot of people, will be a very serious issue.

A hashtag ought to be obvious from the start – although a lot of thought had gone into it, readers may not give the same amount of thought and come up with a different conclusion.

And, echoing other comments, many thanks to Emer and her team for taking on the feedback.

By: Lizzy Bell

Lizzy Bell — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:45:51 +0000

I’m pleased that Emer’s listening to the comments on this. We’ve been through several major and very difficult restructures in the last 18 months. The prospect of another one doesn’t seem like a subject for jokey hashtags. I hope this does stop being used today.

By: Tim Lloyd

Tim Lloyd — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:58:21 +0000

Excellent post and very considered. This hash tag bothered me a bit yesterday, but fair play to Emer and co for acknowledging.